RE: Question on exporting to Excel from the iSeries

Dale,
Go to http://www.geocities.com/~alex_nubla/tips.htm and look for the tip
that says "Convert Physical File to Excel".

I use this all the time to convert PF's to an excel sheet which is then
emailed to the user. 

Terry Anderson

message: 7
date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:06:40 -0500
from: DaleGindlesperger@xxxxxxxxxxx
subject: Question on exporting to Excel from the iSeries

Hi list,

I need some assistance, and I'm certain this stellar group 
can assist me. Currently, we run a variety of jobs that 
build files on the iSeries (i5, whatever).  For some users, 
they go into Excel and do a "Transfer Data from
iSeries".   However, some of my users are remote, without 
access to the
iSeries readily available.  For those users, I am requested 
to just e-mail them the data.  Today, I use the following 
command to create the file as a
CSV:


CPYTOIMPF  FROMFILE(FGCSTIV3) TOSTMF('/FGCSTIV3.CSV') +
             MBROPT(*REPLACE) RCDDLM(*CR)

and I email the file to them through the iSeries using this command:

SNDEMAIL   FILENAME('LIST COSTS FOR TRAILERS - AFTER +
             COST ROLL') +
             RECIPADDR('DGINDLES@xxxxxxxxxxx') +
             SENDERADDR('TDISTEFANO@xxxxxxxxxxx') +
             SENDERNAME('IT Department') +
             ATTACHMENT('/FGCSTIV3.CSV') SUBJECT('LIST +
             COSTS FOR TRAILERS - AFTER COST ROLL') +
             MESSAGE('The file headers from left to +
             right are: Item#, Desc, Cur Mtl, Cur Lbr, +
             Cur Ovh, Cur Oth, Cur Unit Cst, Tot Mtl +
             Std, Tot Lbr Std, Tot Ovr Std, Tot Other +
             Cost Std, Std Cost, Diff Cur to Std')

That part works fine.   The problem is when I have a complex 
spreadsheet,
with a lot of columns.  This approach just puts data out 
there, without column headings - not even field names.  
Putting the fields labels in the body of the email is OK for 
a 5 or 6 column sheet, but a big sheet is impractical.

Has anyone figured out an approach that resolves this?   I 
had thought
about changing the CL to concatenate a one-line CSV file at 
the beginning that contained headings, but I can't see to 
where the CPYTOIMPF file writes the data.

Help?

Dale Gindlesperger
IT Manager/Special Projects Leader
Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc.
258 Beacon Street
Somerset, PA  15501