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Fixed width column importer #85

Closed GoogleCodeExporter closed 9 years ago

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Gridworks should allow the graphical manipulation of column widths when 
manipulating fixed-width column data.

Gridworks already deals with fixed width data by importing it as one column, 
and allowing you to use a cell transform to split using substring.  This could 
be made more user-friendly.

This would probably be an extension which adds an additional interface tab on 
the index page.  The data is imported as one column and sent to an additional 
page prior to being sent to project.  This additional page provides some UI 
sliders which can be clicked and dragged to adjust column widths. Or that's the 
idea; implementation may vary.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by iainsproat on 23 Jun 2010 at 3:37

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by dfhu...@gmail.com on 18 Jul 2010 at 1:13

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by dfhu...@google.com on 27 Sep 2010 at 10:03

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
added a fixed width importer in r1857
Alterations to the UI are still required to fully address this task.

Original comment by iainsproat on 11 Nov 2010 at 1:17

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Is there any way to access this feature now?

Original comment by chr...@gmail.com on 9 Dec 2010 at 11:12

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
I used the current ability in r1836 to do this and it was relatively easy once 
I realized that Smultron tells you the length of a selection at the bottom of 
the window (assuming you have it enabled in Preferences > Appearance).

1. uncheck "Split into columns" before Creating Project
2. Edit Column > Split into several columns... > by field lengths

That being said, wysiwyg would be nice.

Original comment by chr...@gmail.com on 10 Dec 2010 at 1:49

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago 
Fixed now in trunk by new importer UI work.

Original comment by dfhu...@gmail.com on 14 Aug 2011 at 2:24

GoogleCodeExporter commented 9 years ago

Original comment by dfhu...@google.com on 9 Oct 2011 at 5:11