Iar2Ctx
Overview
Iar2CTX is a utility designed to convert ARC IL files into a comma-delimited file (CSV), tab delimited file, or an XML file. This conversion utility supports the latest IL File Format (version 1.04) specified by ARC.
General Instructions on Use
Iar2Ctx can be used in a number of ways to convert your ARC IL Files:
From Windows
- From your taskbar, click on Start->Programs->Sector Micro Computer->Iar2Ctx. A screen similar to the one displayed in figure 1 will show up.
- Click on the 'browse button' to select an IL file to convert, or if you have already converted an IL file, you can re-select it from the drop-down list (indicated by the drop down arrow).
- After you select a file to convert, click on the ‘save as’ button to choose a directory to save the converted file to, and enter a name for the converted file.
- If you wish to export the column headers to a CSV or TAB file, click on the options tab, then click on the checkbox to ‘Export column headers to file’.
- Iar2Ctx also provides the ability to append to an existing CSV or TAB file if found. Click on the “Append records to existing file (if available) to enable this feature. Please note that if this feature is enabled, Iar2Ctx will not output header records to a CSV or TAB delimited file.
- After you have made your selections, click on the Convert button to begin the conversion process. The progress bar will indicate when the conversion process is completed.
Windows Explorer
From Windows Explorer, you can also drag the ARC IL file over the Iar2Ctx icon. This will start the conversion process and will produce a comma-delimited file with the same name as the IL file that has a .csv extension.
Command Prompt
At the Command Prompt (Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server) or MS-DOS window (Windows 98/ME). Navigate to the directory where Iar2Ctx is installed.
Example: cd c:\program files\Iar2Ctx
Run the Iar2Ctx application passing in the following arguments:
Syntax: Iar2Ctx.exe [IL File] [Converted File] [Output Type] [True|False] [True|False]
Example: Iar2Ctx.exe C:\MyData\myfile.001 C:\MyData\myfile.csv CSV False True
Where:
- [IL File] – represents the ARC IL File that you want to convert
- [Converted File] – represents the converted file that you wish to save to
- [Output Type] – represents the type of conversion to perform. Here you would enter the text CSV, TAB, or XML, to tell Iar2Ctx to convert to any of the formats.
- The first [True|False] value will tell Iar2Ctx that you wish to export column headers in a CSV or TAB export (not available for XML export).
- The second [True|False] Value will tell Iar2Ctx if you wish to append to an existing file (if found).
Please note: If you omit the [Converted File], and/or the [Output Type] argument(s), Iar2Ctx will create a comma-delimited file using the same name as the [IL File] with a .csv extension.