G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 12:59 -0500, CarlP wrote:
.mer is a file type that is a special csv file type export option by
Filemaker Pro (6 and earlier) that contains field names (a straight csv
export by FMP for some reason doesn't include field names). This file
type is readily used by M$Word and other M$ software as a data source
for mail merges.
Some time ago I asked about how to use .mer files directly as an OO data
source but thus far haven't found a way to do so without jumping through
a number of hoops. If I can't use it directly for mail merges, then I'd
at least like to force OO to use Calc to open this file type. Instead,
it opens with Writer, and I can't find a setting to make it open in
Calc. BTW, if I simply change the extension to csv, it opens fine in
Calc. But I don't want to have to do this every time I create a new
data source and mail merge.
Sorry, I do not understand. Are you saying that selecting Text CSV in
the file type drop down for open is failing or that you haven't tried
it? I ask because it works for me.
Sorry for the confusion. CSV opens fine for me. What I want to do is
force OO to use Calc when it opens a file of type .mer instead of Writer
(this is the special csv file type I mentioned above).
Hope this helps,
Carl
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