creating .csv file with numeric value

Sat Oct 23 10:44:17 PDT 2004

As always, once a problem has been solved I make sure that the list is aware
of the resolution.

It appears that the suggestion to export as a "multi" file as opposed to an
"ascii" does the trick. The extension of ".csv" is still used If there is a
leading zero (0) that is now retained.

The power of filePro and the genious and ingenuity of the list is just
awesome.

Thanks again!!!

Dennis Malen

----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Vaughan" <wvaughan at steelerubber.com>
To: <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: creating .csv file with numeric value

> Dennis Malen wrote:
>
> > My problem is as follows:
> >
> > I created an export file which is a comma delimited and the processing
then
> > adds the extension .csv
> >
> > This is created on a unix box and then ftp'd to windows.
>
> > PROBLEM
> >
> > One of the columns is a social security number. Some of the numbers have
a
> > leading zero (0) before it was loaded. Because all of the columns in
Excel
> > are defined as "general" as opposed to "text", the leading zero(0) is
> > deleted when it is loaded.
> >
> > Does anyone know how to solve this problem without having to manually
import
> > the file into excel and manually change the definition of the file from
> > "general" to "text".
>
> Export data as HTML. Use styles to define field as "Text" or "General"
> Your friend in all this is style='mso-number-format:"\@"' to define text
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <body>
> <table>
>   <tr>
>    <td style='mso-number-format:"\@"'>012-123-1234</td>
>    <td style='mso-number-format:General'>123</td>
>   </tr>
>   <tr>
>    <td style='mso-number-format:"\@"'>012-123-4567</td>
>    <td style='mso-number-format:General'>04670</td>
>   </tr>
> </table>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> Creating the export can be done via many methods...
> Don't get hung up on newlines. You can have one header line, unlimited
> data lines and one footer line.
> I'll leave it to someone more well versed in filePro HTML codes to
> translate the above into fP.
>
> --
> Walter
>
> --
> Walter
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