Need I remind you that they are in the InfoSec group. :-) Regards, Richard Schuh
> -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Dave Jones > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:42 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Converting Text to XLS > > Richard, I think the easiest thing to do now is simply > upgrade your users....... > > On 04/21/2010 10:33 AM, Schuh, Richard wrote: > >> > >> I often send CSV files with a .txt extension. I use a TAB > X'05' as a > >> delimiter which is the default for for .txt files. > >> > > > > That is what I have been providing for them. It makes no > difference whether the file is banana.txt or banana.csv, it > will be opened properly by Excel. > > > > > >> Only > >> one thing for the user to > >> do: Select all, click Format -> Column -> Autofit selection. > >> > >> I get no complaint from user about having to do this format. > >> > > > > That is something that the people who receive my files > cannot seem to remember and cannot find in the instructions > that were provided when they were actually transferring the > files themselves, so I get complaints. If I do not find a way > to handle that in all of the suggestions and code provided > because of this thread, I will simply have to add the > instructions to the e-mail when I send it. > > > >> /Fran Hensler at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania > USA for 46 > >> years > >> mailto:f...@zvm.sru.edu http://zvm.sru.edu/~fjh > +1.724.738.2153 > >> "Yes, Virginia, there is a Slippery Rock" > >> -------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ------------ > >> > > > > Regards, > > Richard Schuh > > -- > Dave Jones > V/Soft > www.vsoft-software.com > Houston, TX > 281.578.7544 >
