On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Kussh Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > I need to convert tally data which may be kept in files with extensions such > as .001 etc to csv format. Which FOSS software can help do that? Any ideas. > > > > On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Shamit Verma > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Have you tried accessing this data via ODBC? I think tally can expose the >> data via an ODBC driver. >> >> With that, you can access data from OpenOffice Base/Calc or write your own >> Perl/Python utility. You can save as CSV from any of these.
>> > I will try, and come back if it did not work out. Will take me some time > though. Thank you for the idea. Had not thought in that direction. > Circa 2007, a potential client had a similar requirement. In my research, I came across a Tally partner that has a DLL to export/import Tally Data in XML format (over TCP/IP also). Sorry cannot recall the name of the company, they are based off in Amhedabad, GJ. -- Arun Khan -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
