RE: Client-Access and Excel

This isn't an answer to your problem, but we find the exact opposite to be
true.  Rather than use the DDS field names (artificially held to 6
characters for RPG/400 compatibility), we use the ALIAS to have longer, more
user friendly names.  If there's a way to use the COLHDG values instead, I'd
love to hear how it's done!

Buck Calabro
Aptis; Albany, NY
mailto:Buck.Calabro@aptissoftware.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris.Chambers@v2music.com 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 11:31 AM
> To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      Client-Access and Excel
> 
> When importing a DDS defined file using the new (?) client access facility
> the
> column headers in the resulting spreadsheet carry the ALIAS names of the
> fields
> which are COBOL and thus not as user friendly as they could be.
> 
> Is there a way to have the column headers carry the COLHDG names which
> would be
> more explanatory.
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