RE: Output from PF to Excel XLS file in IFS

["Art Tostaine, Jr." <art@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been there.  I understand.   We all know users stink.  If it wasn't for
them, we'd have no bugs in our software.

Art Tostaine, Jr.
CCA, Inc.
Jackson, NJ 08527


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces+art=link400.com@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces+art=link400.com@midrange.com] On Behalf Of
meovino@estes-express.com
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 4:22 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: RE: Output from PF to Excel XLS file in IFS


> I was just dealing with this yesterday.  That feature stinks.  Our user
was
> happy if we sent it as one big column (no comma delimited), and she just
> clicks Data/Text to Columns, and it does a quick wizard (like 2 clicks),
and
> it formats properly.

You're lucky.  My customer wants NO clicks, except the one to open the
file.  And I can't say that I blame her.  She's a shipping manager, not an
IT geek.

Mike E.


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