Gordon J. Glorfield
Sr. Applications Developer
MAMSI (A UnitedHealth Company)
301-360-8839

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/13/2006 02:45:46 PM:

> Our UV system creates an ASCII .csv file for another
> system to import on a daily basis. The 3rd party software
> after a recent upgrade now only imports .xls files.

How particular is the 3rd party software?  Excel is happy to load a csv 
file that has had it's extension changed from .csv to .xls.  Would that 
work for your needs?
 
> Is there an easy way to "automate" Excel to load the .csv,
> then save as .xls?

Yes you can.  Create a macro in an Excel spreadsheet that does the 
conversion.  Have the Workbook_Open subroutine run the macro.  Set the 
windows scheduler to open the spreadsheet at the desired time and viola!

> 
> Or how much more difficult is it to create the .xls instead of
> a .csv?
> 
> I thought about getting one of those programs that records
> mouse clicks, and create a macro of the conversion (since the
> filename is the same each day), but wonder if there was
> something we could do in a batch file and run every day under
> the Windows scheduler.

Excel has that capture keystrokes in a macro capability built right in.

> George

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