RE: CPYTOPCD Translation Tables

Well, if you have CAE and the license to data transfer,
you can set up a transfer and run it from a command line
in Windows. Command is RTOPCB. This has various output
formats, including DIF, et al. Does this help?

I know you don't have it - but CPYTOIMPF can also put
out a tab-delimited file.

Does the file have packed fields? Even so, if it does,
create a logical that redefines those fields as zoned
(reference technique), then FTP that logical to the PC.
It might be possible to do all this with VBA, then call
Excel methods (OLE) to convert the data, then email it
to a list of clients.
> Both of these are good ideas, but I don't see how I can make either happen
> without manual intervention.
>
> Unfortunately, CPYTOIMPF does not exist on our system and a CSV type format
> would not support the requirements.  The file will eventually be distributed
> via e-mail (that's the next trick) to various users who will double click on
> the file to activate Excel and display the it.  A CSV format would cause
> them to confirm the mapping before the file is opened.
>
> Donald R. Fisher, III
> Project Manager
> The Roomstore Furniture Company
> (804) 784-7600 extension 2124
> DFisher@roomstoreeast.com
>
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> 1. Client Access has an addin for Excel that downloads a
> file directly into Excel.
>
> 2. CPYTOIMPF can give you a comma-separated-variable
> (CSV) file directly from a physical file - or other
> delimited types.
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