Re: Another Excel Problem

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 51840
interpreted = N
texte = You will get this error if any of the fields contain a carriage return or tab or some other webdna [url]'d value. e always get around this by writing out files in .csv format "[field]","[field2]" etc etc .. Alain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Tremain" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 12:43 PM Subject: Another Excel Problem > This creates a tab delimited file that I hope would open in Excel. > > [Search db=recall.db&geIDdatarq=0&asIDsort=1&IDtype=num] > > [WriteFile > file=recallreports/recall[math]{[date]}[/math].xls]ID dBDate dBTime > Salutation Firstname Surname Address City State Zip Country Phone Email > Model SerialNumber > [FoundItems] > [ID] [dBDate] [dBTime] [Salutation] [Firstname] [Surname] [Address] > [City] [State] [Zip] [Country] [Phone] [Email] [Model] [SerialNumber][/ > FoundItems][/WriteFile] > > [/Search] > > Unfortunately I get an error "SYLK: File format is not valid" when > opening in Excel. > > any ideas? > > > Regards > > Stuart Tremain > idfk web developments > 114a/40 yeo street neutral bay 2089 australia > t +612 9908 2134 > f +612 9908 4837 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Another Excel Problem ( Donovan 2003)
  2. Re: Another Excel Problem ( Stuart Tremain 2003)
  3. Re: Another Excel Problem ( Donovan 2003)
  4. Re: Another Excel Problem ( Donovan 2003)
  5. Re: Another Excel Problem ( Stuart Tremain 2003)
  6. Re: Another Excel Problem ( Glenn Busbin 2003)
  7. Re: Another Excel Problem ( "Gary Krockover" 2003)
  8. Re: Another Excel Problem ( "Alain Russell" 2003)
  9. Another Excel Problem ( Stuart Tremain 2003)
You will get this error if any of the fields contain a carriage return or tab or some other webdna [url]'d value. e always get around this by writing out files in .csv format "[field]","[field2]" etc etc .. Alain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Tremain" To: "WebDNA Talk" Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 12:43 PM Subject: Another Excel Problem > This creates a tab delimited file that I hope would open in Excel. > > [Search db=recall.db&geIDdatarq=0&asIDsort=1&IDtype=num] > > [WriteFile > file=recallreports/recall[math]{[date]}[/math].xls]ID dBDate dBTime > Salutation Firstname Surname Address City State Zip Country Phone Email > Model SerialNumber > [founditems] > [ID] [dBDate] [dBTime] [Salutation] [Firstname] [Surname] [Address] > [City] [State] [Zip] [Country] [Phone] [Email] [Model] [SerialNumber][/ > FoundItems][/WriteFile] > > [/Search] > > Unfortunately I get an error "SYLK: File format is not valid" when > opening in Excel. > > any ideas? > > > Regards > > Stuart Tremain > idfk web developments > 114a/40 yeo street neutral bay 2089 australia > t +612 9908 2134 > f +612 9908 4837 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ "Alain Russell"

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