Re: Another Excel Problem

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2003


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 51847
interpreted = N
texte = Alain Thanks - that worked perfectly :) On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 11:06 AM, Alain Russell wrote: > 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/ > > 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/ 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)
Alain Thanks - that worked perfectly :) On Wednesday, July 23, 2003, at 11:06 AM, Alain Russell wrote: > 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/ > > 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/ Stuart Tremain

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