Alan:

A long time ago (mid-90's) there was a bug in the Excel SYLK import such
that if your first character was a number (or alpha), the import would
fail. I can't recall which character type caused the issue.

Is there a way to do a TTR or CSV import?

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On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 10:02 AM, Alan Tilson via 4D_Tech <
[email protected]> wrote:

> ​Hello everyone,
>
> I'm trying to import timesheet data from an Excel file saved as a SYLK
> file.
>
> Sometimes it works perfectly loading the variables in my Input Form and
> sometimes they are all blank. Same SYLK file, same form, same code.
>
> Any ideas about what to look into would really be appreciated.
>
> At times it seemed to be working consistently. Today it stopped working and
> I can't get it to work again.
>
> I'm importing into a Temp table, loading the variables, then saving into
> another table, fyi.
>
> Thanks,
> Alan
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