RE: Output from PF to Excel XLS file in IFS

Reeve,

Yes, it's a long B/L number, all numeric digits.  It's nothing wrong with
LTL/38, it's two "features" of Excel working in tandem:

1.  Text qualifiers in a CSV file are ignored if every character in the
field is numeric or blank.
2.  Excel displays long (> 12 digit) numbers as scientific notation, no
matter how wide you make the column.

The suggestion of the products from Kemetech look like they'll fit our
needs quite nicely.

Thanks!
Mike E.




                                                                                
                                          
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Hmmm...this would have to be something like a long B/L number (an alpha
field) or a shipment number (FHSN?).  Let me check with one of my guys; I'm
sure we figured out a way to do this (but I might be wrong).

Say hello to HBC III and RWE JR. for me...

-reeve

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@midrange.com] On Behalf Of
> meovino@estes-express.com
> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 1:24 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: Output from PF to Excel XLS file in IFS
>
>
> > forgive me for being flippant, but if the user 'absolutely, positively,
> > will not accept anyting but an honest-to-god XLS file', and he/she
> actually
> > has the pull to make such an unreasonable mandate, tell him/her that
the
> > cost of purchasing SEQUEL will come out of her/his budget!  ;)
>
> Unfortunately, not an option ;-)  I'm trying to get them to do the math
to
> justify the cost based on timesavings.  It will work out, but I'm not
going
> to do it for them.
>
> > as far as other options - I've never done this, but can't you (at least
> > 'semi') automate the process of importing external data (in this case,
a
> > .csv) into an excel template file, creating a new excel spreadsheet?
> Maybe
> > a VB macro, or some such.
>
> CSV won't cut it; we're doing that right now.  Excel displays numbers
with
> more than 12 (?) digits in scientific notation, no matter how wide you
make
> the column.  It's a "feature."  I need to be able to format that column
as
> text.  If we wrap the value in double quotes with the CPYTOIMPF command,
> Excel still treats the field as a number if there's no text in the field
> (even blank spaces won't help).
>
> VB macros are not an option.  We want to mail this out to customers, from
a
> program that runs on schedule in batch, with no human intervention.
>
> Mike E.
>
>
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