FileDataFormat Class |
Namespace: Qlik.Engine
The FileDataFormat type exposes the following members.
Name | Description | |
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![]() | FileDataFormat | Initializes a new instance of the FileDataFormat class |
Name | Description | |
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![]() | CodePage | Character set used in the file. |
![]() | Comment | String that marks the beginning of the comment line.
Example: “#” or “//”
The engine ignores the commented lines during the data load.
This property is only used for delimited files. |
![]() | Delimiter | Information about the delimiter.
This property is used for delimited files. |
![]() | FixedWidthDelimiters | Positions of the field breaks in the table.
This property is used for fixed record data files. |
![]() | HeaderSize | Size of the header.
Example: If the header size is 2, the first two rows in the file are considered as header and not as data. The header can contain the field names. |
![]() | IgnoreEOF | Is set to true, the end-of-file character is not taken into account during reload.
This property is used for delimited files and fixed record data files. |
![]() | Label | One of:
embedded labels (field names are present in the file)
no labels
explicit labels (for DIFfiles) |
![]() | Quote | One of:
None (no quotes)
MSQ (Modern Style Quoting)
Standard (quotes " " or ' ' can be used, but only if they are the first and last non blank characters of a field value.)
This property is used for delimited files. |
![]() | RecordSize | Record length.
Each record (row of data) contains a number of columns with a fixed field size.
This property is used for fixed record data files. |
![]() | TabSize | Number of spaces that one tab character represents in the table file.
This property is used for fixed record data files. |
![]() | Type | Type of the file. |