The BatchMove component is a powerful and flexible way to transfer records from and to different data sources. You can use different flat files and all TDataSet descendants as data sources.
To execute a batch move:
| 1) | Set the TdbDataSet property to the TTdbTable component where you want to import from or to export to. |
| 2) | Set the FileName or the DataSet property to the file or the data set of the other data source. |
| 3) | If the other data source is a file, set the FileType property according to the file format of the other data source. |
| 4) | If the other data source is a text file (i.e. FileType has been set to tffSDF), set Quote, Separator and ColumnNames to the appropriate values. |
| 5) | If the other data source is a text file or a dBase file, set CharSet to the appropriate value. |
| 6) | Set the Direction property to bmdImport, if you want to transfer records from the other data source into the TurboDB table. Set it to bmdExport, if you want to create a file with records of your TurboDB table. |
| 7) | Set the Mode property to the kind of batch move you want to perform. |
| 8) | Add the column mappings between the source and target to the Mappings property. |
| 9) | Set the Filter property to restrict the import or export to a subset of the source data set. |
| 10) | Register an event handler for the OnProgress event to show the progress of the batch move process and to offer the user a way of interrupting the operation. |
| 11) | Call the Execute method to start the batch move. |