I knew about Tom being the child hood star on Lassie. This I found out from the consultant with whom I attend the Fox SW conf. (where FoxPro for DOS was unveiled). And, I then met Tom at that conference. Thanks for that link Ted - as I didn't know about all Tom's background - including I didn't know he worked for Ashton-Tate on the original Dbase SW. An interesting read indeed!
-K- -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2015 10:59 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Exporting FPD DOS 2.6 reports to Excel Yep, next year. I've got an 18-year-old MacAllan sitting on the shelf for the occasion. (For those unfamiliar, Tommy was a phenomenal person, a dBASE guru, truly, book author, and former child star, bio here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0720568/bio On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:08 AM, Bill Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > Ted, > > If I'm not mistaken, we're approaching 20 years since his passing. 20 > years. Amazing. > > Bill Anderson > > On Wednesday, September 30, 2015, Ted Roche <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Pretty sure that's 2.0 syntax. 2.5/2.5 added XLS, among others like >> DIF, MOD, SYLK, WK1, WKS, WR1, WRK. >> >> Tom's book was (c) 1990. Pleased I could walk over to the bookshelf >> and lay my hands on it. >> >> R.I.P., TR. >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 2:17 PM, Desmond Lloyd >> <[email protected] <javascript:;>> wrote: >> > Happen to have my Tom Rettigs FoxPro Handbook handy!. There is an >> > option to "copy to type" Here's the syntax; >> > >> > COPY TO <txt filename> | (<C txt filename>) >> > [TYPE] FOXPLUS | SDF | >> > DELIMITED [ WITH <delimiter> | BLANK | TAB] >> > [FIELDS <field list> ] [<scope>] >> > >> > >> > HTH, >> > Desmond >> > >> > >> > >> > On 30 September 2015 at 10:21, Kurt Wendt <[email protected] >> <javascript:;>> wrote: >> > >> >> Honestly - I don't remember if the old FPDos has the Copy To >> >> command >> with >> >> the Excel output option. I suspect it may. Otherwise, you could >> >> simply export data as a CSV - even just programmatically - and >> >> name the file as Dummy.csv - and it should easily be able to load up in >> >> Excel! >> >> >> >> -K- >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected] >> >> <javascript:;>] >> On Behalf Of John >> >> J. Mihaljevic >> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2015 11:09 AM >> >> To: [email protected] <javascript:;> >> >> Subject: Exporting FPD DOS 2.6 reports to Excel >> >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> I haven't used this in forever, but a client with an old FPD DOS >> >> 2.6 system wants the ability to export their reports to Excel. >> >> They don't >> want >> >> any other changes, so bringing it up to VFP isn't an option. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Is there a quick-and-easy way to make this happen? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> John >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative >> >> text/plain (text body -- kept) >> >> text/html >> >> --- >> >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/80838f1ca795b14ea1af48659f35166f242...@drexch02.corp.globetax.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
