Tony: What's the fastest path for someone who's been providing the CSV's for the last 10 years and wants to deliver something more complete. I don't want to spend a lot of my client's money on packages.
The assumption is that the users are using Excel. I've taken some other advice on this forum to generate HTML which has had some success but is limited in ease of adding fields or making changes. Perhaps this is my opportunity to get into XML. Thanks Mark Johnson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Gravagno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 5:46 PM Subject: RE: [U2] [UV][OT]Embed command in CSV file? [ad] > Barry Brevik wrote: > > ...does anyone know if it is possible to embed some kind > > of command in a CSV file that will get Excel to autofit > > those rows automatically? > > The DIY solution is to use XML, for which there are examples around the > Net. It's always amazed me that most IT people think that a plain CSV is > an adequate deliverable when users want "Excel". End-users often spend > hours to days per month, reformatting data delivered like this, rather than > making a request to IT for something more useful. I think there is some > unstated belief by end-users that IT _can't_ create anything more > sophisticated than a CSV, so they often don't bother to ask - it's one of > those self-fulfilling situations that people assume won't change so they > don't ask and then things never change. Anyway, I'm glad to see people > here looking for something a little more professional and I encourage > everyone to check with your C-level management or other hardcore Excel > users about what they _really_ need from Excel, including multiple sheets > in a workbook, charts, highlighted data, and dynamic updates from live > databases (including MITS cubes, etc). > > Seeing there are no other definitive solutions presented in this thread... > The problem described is exactly the problem solved with NebulAnalysis: > http://Nebula-RnD.com/products/analysis.htm > NebulAnalysis and other MS Office integration products were written a few > years ago. Unfortunately there was only a small trickle of demand so we > are no longer "actively" offering them. For some reason over the last few > months a lot of people are looking to control Excel from MV so I might > bring it back based on demand and available time. > Please have a look at the audio/video demo here: > http://Nebula-RnD.com/demos/nebulanalysis/ > If you like what you see I may port this to U2 and give it some new life. > While you're on the site, check out NebulaManager to see what's possible > with Outlook - that's another one that I'd like to bring back. > http://nebula-rnd.com/products/manager.htm > > I have a lot of experience with the internals of all of the Microsoft > Office applications, and intend to continue development with Office 12 and > the MS Office System. Nebula R&D is growing and now has a team of U2 > professionals who can do this sort of work. So if you need to get info to > or from any Office product, feel free to ask about what's possible. > > Tony Gravagno > Nebula Research and Development > TG@ removethisNebula-RnD.com > (We just posted a major website update with completely reworked pages, lots > of new content, and a completely new strategic message. Please feel free > to browse the site, comment, ask questions, etc. - Thanks!) > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
