Is there a standard character for separating text strings saved as a single text file. I have nearly finished my first app, and would like to make sure the saved files can be used by others, if necessary.

The saved files are individual Rich Text box contents (and formatting) saved in a file, with each of the 'fields' separated by the characters "~q~" (no reason behind the selection, its just unlikley the user will type these keys in this order).

Is there a standard format for separating these 'fields' that would be useful if, for instance somewone wanted to read the 'fileds' into a database? Some of the fields will already contain users "tabs", "commas" etc.

Thanks?