find specific character and replace with a tab

I'd like to perform a Find/Replace action in DOORS that will allow me to replace all instances of a specific placeholder character (like a tilde) with a tab. Is this possible? If so, what character in DOORS would represent the tab? Or is a DXL script the answer?

FYI, I know I can import tabs into DOORS from .rtf but for my use I need to import from a .csv file and I don't think (am I wrong?) that I can embed something in .csv that will be read by DOORS as a tab.

Re: find specific character and replace with a tab
M_vdLaan - Mon Sep 05 09:48:18 EDT 2016

Hi,

The problem is putting a TAB character in the "Replace with:" box, right?

What does work (although cumbersome...) is to paste a TAB character into the box. So, open Notepad or whatever text editor you prefer (or some DOORS window that will accept tabs), type a Tab character, copy it and paste it into the Find and Replace window.

No DXL involved...

Hope that helps.

M_vdLaan