On Sun, 2005-01-23 at 20:07 -0600, kevin johnston wrote: > > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > > On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 06:12 -0600, Kent Tenney wrote: > > > >>That's it Jonathan. > >> > >>Fixed field length is evidently used very rarely, hence not > >>not a lot of effort in supporting it. > >> > >>Each row of the import file is 884 characters, comprising 82 columns. > >>Bringing it into Calc consists of setting each of the 82 column > >>dividers manually. > >> > >> > > > > > > Oh I see you want OOo to intuitively to know and understand the > > divisions when opening your file. I do not see how any program can do > > that as you must know and understand the table layout from which the > > fixed fields come. When you open your file in Calc as fixed field you > > must set the proper boundaries manually each time or get the source > > database to delimit the fixed fields. > > > > > > > > Okay, but... > > GRS: I can see that no program would know at first sight where the > divisions ought to be. But if I set/define/configure the proper > boundaries once, is there any way to save this > setup/definition/configuration for the future? >
I honestly do not know. I think that this would qualify as a good RFE, though. I have a one calc vote left I will gladly contribute it to getting this done. > ktenney: Someone mentioned setting column widths in a blank spreadsheet > and saving it as a Template, did you try this? > I would like to know this too. BTW, did you get excel to import the fixed fields without fuss. I couldn't and, as I said, used SO5.2 even though I had to set the field sizes. -- Documentation Co-Lead PLEASE - keep list traffic on the list. Email sent directly to me may be ignored utterly. "Dinna meddle wi' things ye ken nuthin' aboot!" J.Herriot --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
