On this page: Description, Step by Step, Export File Format
Description
Export Sentences writes the sentences defined for all tags to a text file. The file may then be used with the Import Sentences function.
Read other comments about languages, sentences, and roles on the Extra Sentence Help page.
Step by Step
- Choose Export Sentences from the function tree.
- Choose "All Languages" or a specific language from the Language: pull down menu.
- Click the [Export Sentences...] button.
- Enter a filename and choose a location in the standard file dialog, and click the Save button.
Remember the name and location of the file.
Export File Format
You do not need to understand the export file format to use this feature. It is documented here for the curious, or for those hearty souls that want to modify the file manually.
The export file format is as follows:
tag-number<TAB>tag-group<TAB>tag-name<TAB>tag-sentences
In the format above, <TAB> would be replaced by a real tab character. Tabs are not visible in web browsers, so I have replaced them with <TAB> in this documentation.
If your text editor automatically wraps long lines, you may want to turn that off to see the format of the file a little better.
All of the languages, roles, and sentences are in the "tag-sentences" part, which does not contain carriage returns. That portion is copied directly from the tag definition field "TSENTENCE" in the tag types table (T.DBF). I do not know if Wholly Genes has publicly documented that field, but the basic format is pretty easy to understand.
