I have used Cakewalk Pro Audio since version 6.0, I'm using 9.03 now, and before that I used Home Studio for a number of years. CWPA9 has a feature that will export tabliture info to a text file.

I just banged out a few weird notes on a track, creating chords from the fretboard view of the staff view in Cake, and exported to Tab. The resulting textfile contained this

E ---|---|-2-|
B -4-|-5-|-1-|
G -7-|---|-5-|
D -5-|-5-|---|
A -6-|-4-|-3-|
E ---|---|---|

I wasn't trying to create real chords so don't mind the mess. :`)

Great thread!

~ Jande