A click on the target field made the list appear as it should! While my table only contains 90 lines of 3 items I'm at a loss to explain this. However, it is working as it should.
Thanks On 7 January 2011 10:46, Ian McKnight <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I have a table of data held in a table in EXCEL and I want to import it > into a field in a LC stack. > I saved the file from EXECL as a tab delimited text file > and used the following handler > > * > > on > *mouseUp > > *answer* file "choose" with *type* "text|txt|TXT" > > *if* it is empty or it is *cancel* *then* *exit* mouseup > > *put* "file:"&it into fName > > *put* URL fName into fld "display" > * > > end > *mouseUp > The stange thing is that this doesnt appear to work - I get a blank field. > However if I open and save the text file in NotePad or WordPad and then run > the handler I get the data displayed in the field correctly. > > So how do I get the text file to be recognised without putting it through > Notepad? What does EXCEL do to the file that NotePad doesn't? I'm using LC > 4.5.1 and have also tested this on Rev Enterprise 4.0 both on Windows (Win 7 > and XP) > > -- > Regards > > > Ian McKnight > > [email protected] > ======================= > -- Regards Ian McKnight [email protected] ======================= _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
