Pretty sure. Unless you use a source file type that might contain formatting info, Excel is trying to be helpful by making educated guesses about the contents of a cell.
-- rk -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Laurie Alvey Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 10:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NF] Excel Text formatted cells converting to scientific notation when saving as csv IMHO, another reason to avoid CSV files. Does the same happen if the worksheet is saved as, say ,text tab delimited? Laurie On 20 September 2017 at 13:29, Richard Kaye <[email protected]> wrote: > This also happens with international phone numbers. You can also use the > cell format for zip codes - 00000 > > Want to see what the actual format of a cell is via automation? Fire up > Excel, add some value to a cell and apply a format. > > ox=GETOBJECT(,[excel.application]) > ?ox.ActiveCell.Value > ?ox.ActiveCell.Text > ?ox.ActiveCell.NumberFormat > RELEASE ox > > -- > > rk > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Michael Madigan > Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 8:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NF] Excel Text formatted cells converting to scientific notation > when saving as csv > > I thought I'd pass this tip along. If you have large text fields with > numeric values, like insurance policy numbers or UPC Codes, you have to > format the cell with custom type ############### or similar, otherwise the > CSV file gets scientific notation values, even if the cell is of type text. > Hope this saves someone some time. > [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/mwhpr10mb1774797743640639542b3e4bd2...@mwhpr10mb1774.namprd10.prod.outlook.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.
