Re: AS400 Reports Into MS Excel - Formatting

Hi Dave,

Is it necessary for the spreadsheet to be of MS Excel type (3,4 or 5) or is
csv ok? because one can easily create csvs from AS400 database files using
CPYTOIMPF command -

CPYTOIMPF FROMFILE(AS400FILE)
          TOSTMF('/pathname/pcfile.csv')
          MBROPT(*REPLACE)
          STMFCODPAG(*PCASCII)
          RCDDLM(*CRLF)

I hope this is useful info to you.

Cheers,
Vikas.

Message: 1
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:10:34 -0500
From: "Dave Snyder" <dsnyder@blcnet.com>
Subject: Re: AS400 Reports Into MS Excel - Formatting

ASC's SEQUEL product does this very nicely.

>>> "Rick Rayburn" <the400man@hotmail.com> 1/29/03 7:19:51 AM >>>
I would not be surprised if this question has already been posed but here
goes anyway:

I have a request to create a recurring job which entails running a 400 -
based report and dumping it into an EXCEL spreadsheet. In the absence of CA,
I have been using a BoS-A-Nova file transfer utility to convert the document
into a text file. When I open it in EXCEL, I then get the "formatting
wizard" which walks through the final steps to view the report properly.

My question is, will I have to format this EACH TIME I bring in the report?
Is there anyway to create a permanent format shell that will handle this
task without the constant manual attention?

Thanks for the input.

Rick Rayburn
NYC