Using InitCAPS to
Clean Up ACT! Data

InitCAPS, a program made with FoxPro, can put your data into initial caps.

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Let's start with the Company field

But first we want to check the company names that are supposed to be in caps, such as IBM.

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set filter to Company = upper(Company) and len(trim(Company)) <= 5 and not empty(Company)

We will leave these the way they are, perhaps making a few manual edits.

Next we will focus on Company names longer than 5 characters that are in all caps.

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replace all company with Initcaps(Company)

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Done!  Now move on to the next fields.

set filter to Name =upper(Name) and len(trim(Name)) > 1
replace all Name with initcaps(Name)

set filter to addr1 =upper(addr1) and len(trim(addr1)) > 3
replace all Addr1 with initcaps(Addr1)

set filter to addr2 =upper(addr2) and len(trim(addr2)) > 3
replace all Addr2 with initcaps(Addr2)

set filter to addr3 =upper(addr3) and len(trim(addr3)) > 3
replace all Addr3 with initcaps(Addr3)

set filter to city =upper(city) and len(trim(city)) > 3
replace all City with initcaps(City)

set filter to Salutation =upper(Salutation ) and len(trim(Salutation )) > 1
replace all Salutation with initcaps(Salutation )

set filter to Title =upper(Title) and len(trim(Title)) > 1
replace all Title with initcaps(Title)
set filter to title ='Vp'
replace all title with 'VP' +substr(Title, 3)

set filter to Department =upper(Department) and len(trim(Department)) > 1
replace all Department with initcaps(Department)

Then you can Quit from FoxPro

Be sure to Reindex after this process in ACT!


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