Although I have tested both over and over again, I could not get any satisfactory results. Mostly a few records turned out to be as expected, but the quality of the rest was unpredictable.
Both programs need a FST to lead the comma delimited fields into the corresponding CDS/ISIS fields. This FST, which you must write with an editor, cannot contain all the commands of an ordinary CDS/ISIS FST, but the limits are not clear. It does not allow you to add unconditional strings, e.g.
22 0 '^a19980110'but you can add conditonal strings:
200 0 "^a"v1CDIMP will produce this dialogue screen:
FST name: books
File name: books.txt
Backup drive and/or directory? c:\db\
MFN 22 added
MFN 23 added
MFN 24 added
Next MFN to be assigned: 25 --->
(The texts you must fill in are printed in bold.)
And DLMIMP will produce this screen:
Delimited format to CDS/ISIS conversion |
Import FST name? ...... books
Input file name? ...... c:\db\books.txt
Importing record 27
-->
In the hands of somebody who has the right input material and the right understanding of the programs, CDFIMP and DLMIMP may be satisfactory, but I find Fangorn a better conversion program for comma delimited files.