You can also search this list for various rants and solutions previously discussed about csv formats.
anyway this should help or get you started http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread641830.html cheers ---------------------=--------------------- Xavier Bury Clearstream Services TNS NT LAN Server [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/01/2008 15:02:27: > Hi Xavier, > > thanks for your answer. > > You are right, Excel can import csv files directly. > > But the normal user would double-click on a csv, as the csv-file has > an xls-icon under windows systems with excel installed. But this can > cause problems, especially with our csv. Our csv-file is structured > like this: 01299;Text1;Text2;25;Text3 > As you can see, the first column contains numeric data, some with a > leading 0. Opening this file in excel would cut the leading 0 in the > first row. And that would cause problems. > > Importing it using the "import-menu" in excel is allways successfull. > But that means more work for the user. The user wants just to open the file. > > That´s why i asked for converting it with Rev/VBS. > > Btw: There are various specifications and implementations for the > csv format. There´s no real standard. See http://tools.ietf. > org/html/rfc4180#section-1 > > > Regards, > > Matthias > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: OT:converting csv to xls with Rev (09-Jan-2008 14:27) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Hi Matthias, > > > > Excel imports csv files directly or tab files (which sql should also > > export). > > > > Learning the cvs for it should not be hard, there's a zillion examples out > > there. > > > > Regards, > > ---------------------=--------------------- > > Xavier Bury ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clearstream Services S.A. 42 Avenue JF Kennedy, L-1855 Luxembourg Société anonyme is organised with limited liability in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg R.C.S. Luxembourg B 60911. ----------------------------------------- Visit us at http://www.clearstream.com IMPORTANT MESSAGE Internet communications are not secure and therefore Clearstream International does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any views expressed in this e-mail are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Clearstream International or of any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. Legally required information for business correspondence/ Gesetzliche Pflichtangaben fuer Geschaeftskorrespondenz: http://deutsche-boerse.com/letterhead END OF DISCLAIMER _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
