Everybody Thanks for your help. All is now fixed !
I upgraded to OO 2.1
In Windows File Explorer, Folder Options, File Types set the following
action for file type .DAT open action:
"C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.1\program\soffice.exe" -calc "%1"
Now when I double click on a file.dat I get correct CSV options and all is
opened in scalc.exe :)
Or if I select Open File of type *.dat from a Web download scalc.exe handles
the file :)
Thanks everyone for your inputs hope this helps someone.
"TerryJ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Robert-75 wrote:
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>> "Dan Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>>> On Saturday February 17 2007 10:36 am, Robert Campbell wrote:
>>>> I have many data files that end with the .DAT file extension. These
>>>> are csv files so I want to open them in scalc NOT swrite. I have
>>>> set the file type in the folder options to "%path%\soffice.exe"
>>>> -calc "%1" . even used scalc.exe itself but always ends up in
>>>> swrite when I double click the file or open directly from a web
>>>> site. If I save as .CSV. The file opens in scalc as expected.
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>>>> How can I get .DAT to open in scalc as .CSV does ?
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>>>> Please help,
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>>>> Robert L. Campbell, SIMPL, LLC (979)242-3083
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>>> Change the extension on these .dat files to .csv. I know this is
>>> a very simple thing to do in Linux, but I have not idea how to do
>>> this on a Windows system.
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>>> Dan
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>> I have all ready done this and that works. The problem is I don't want to
>> have to change the file extensionat all. I want the .DAT file to go
>> directly
>> to scalc.exe. Even when I setup the windows file extensions .dat to use
>> scalc it still sends it to swrite. Why is this so hard in open office ?
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> You will probably find that the method recommended in Calcs FAQ #1 works.
> The FAQs index is at http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/index.html
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> Use File >Open, select the file, THEN select the file type as .csv.
> Tiresome, but it seems the best that can be arranged. An issue has been
> filed relating to .tsv files at least. It seems to be another developers'
> blind spot.
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