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Disc Cover can import from text files created in other applications. Such a text file may contain a list of files, audio tracks or other information. Tab stops, commas and semicolons can be used in a text file to separate blocks of data. These separators are also called delimiters. The text file format is described below.
To import data from a tab-, comma- or semicolon-delimited file:
Note: If you drag text from the Source panel onto existing text, the new text will replace the old one. A blue frame will indicate that text in the text box will be replaced.
The input text file may have all data organized in one or several columns.
One-column structure:
[TEXT][RETURN]
[TEXT][RETURN]
...
[TEXT][RETURN]
Example:
Abstract Vision
Autumn Fire
Bend the Guitar
Blues Moon
Multi-column structure:
[LINE 1, COLUMN 1][DELIMITER][LINE 1, COLUMN 2][DELIMITER]...[LINE 1, COLUMN n][DELIMITER][RETURN]
[LINE 2, COLUMN 1][DELIMITER][LINE 2, COLUMN 2][DELIMITER]...[LINE 2, COLUMN n][DELIMITER][RETURN]
...
[LINE m, COLUMN 1][DELIMITER][LINE m, COLUMN 2][DELIMITER]...[LINE m, COLUMN n][DELIMITER][RETURN]
Example with a semicolon used as the delimiter:
1;Abstract Vision;572
2;Autumn Fire;204
3;Bend the Guitar;368
4;Blues Moon;176
If your data is stored in a database or spreadsheet, export it to a tab- or comma-delimited text file.
To create a text file manually:
Do not add any unnecessary symbols! Otherwise you will break the file structure.
Note: Only files in plain text format can be imported correctly.