Hi Paul, I tried that but doesn't work - 'scalc' does not exist as an executable program. The only references to something called scalc are in the <path to OOo install>\help\en: 28/10/2004 01:10 a.m. 183 scalc.cfg 28/10/2004 01:10 a.m. 925,696 scalc.db 28/10/2004 01:10 a.m. 704,512 scalc.ht 17/05/2005 10:29 a.m. <DIR> scalc.idx 28/10/2004 01:10 a.m. 451,303 scalc.jar 28/10/2004 01:10 a.m. 270,336 scalc.key 28/10/2004 01:10 a.m. 12,822 scalc.tree
The only reference to anything with calc in name under program is 'calc645mi.dll'. I'm using Windows XP with OpenOffice 1.1.4. Any suggestions? Thanks, Bryce Stenberg HRNZ IT Department. "Paul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Try : <path to OOo install>\program\scalc <path to file>\file.xls Worked for me on winxp, 1.9.95 /paul On 5/17/05, Bryce Stenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > We are evaluating changing about 20 desktops from MS Office 2000 to > OpenOffice but have one particular problem... > > Our database application lets users pick Excel as the output for a print > job. > A tab delimited file is generated with an extension of '.xls'. > This file is then 'started' - the default action is that it will open in > Excel - with command line like: > start MyFile.xls > Because of the xls extension this opened in Excel. > > With OpenOffice installed this command always opens the file as a text > document. > > ** Is there any way to make a tab delimited or comma delimited file open > directly in calc from the command line? (eg. can I give it a special > file name extension or some flag on open command line to force it?) > > I've read similar previous posts and the only way I could see suggested > was > opening Calc and then choosing to open the file manually - this will not > work for us - we need it to open directly when called by the application > program or from command line. > > Thanks, > Bryce Stenberg > HRNZ IT Department. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
