Douglas,
I can save the Excel file as a CSV, so I'll try that.
Thanks!
Alan

On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Douglas von Roeder via 4D_Tech <
[email protected]> wrote:

> 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?
>
> --
> Douglas von Roeder
> 949-336-2902
>
> 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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