Colon in index marker text

[bird_owner]

I have a mif file from which I need to create a 1 level index.

I have numerous data which contains a colon; so the MText tag looks something like this - <MText `Accredited: Representative'>

Now, I know that the function of a colon is "Separates levels in an entry"

I also read "Note: To enter a backslash or any special character used in these building blocks—colon, semicolon, bracket, or angle bracket—as regular characters, precede it with a backslash (\)."

I can make the MText look like this - <MText `Acccredited\: Representative'>

But this does not work; I still get a 2 level entry in my index. What am I missing?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Bob_Niland · Accepted solution]

Entering:

colon\: test

in the normal Special > Marker > Marker Text: field

then saving the file as MIF, and searching for it, finds:

<MText `colon\\: test'>

Apparently the rule is single-escape for dialogs, double-escapes in MIF.

[bird_owner]

Thanks so much! That works for me.

Thanks to Jeff too.

I appreciate the promptness of both answers.

[Jeff_Coatsworth]

You may have use the backslash within the marker text while in FM, not the MIF file. It might get expressed differently when saved out as MIF. Try a sample file and see what the resulting MIF text looks like.