export from filepro to an excel file

[Dennis Malen]

Thank's John,

I hope the filePro God's don't hold it against you.

You are indeed a very brave person.

Thanks!

Dennis
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Esak" <john at valar.com>
To: "Fplist (E-mail)" <filepro-list at seaslug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 3:25 PM
Subject: FW: export from filepro to an excel file


> Dennis,
> At the risk of incurring everyone's wrath... :-) I'm re-sending this note
> Dan sent today (or yesterday). It has one of those nifty virtual business
> card thingies as an attachment. Just open this and you'll have all Dan's
> coordinates.
>
> John Esak
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com]On Behalf Of Dan Coutu
> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 8:30 AM
> To: Dennis Malen
> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: export from filepro to an excel file
>
>
> Dennis Malen wrote:
>> Does anyone know of any way to overcome this problem.
>>
> I have a way to resolve the problem nicely. Sorry for not responding
> earlier but I've been traveling the past couple days. Fair warning, this
> is a commercial product, not a freebie. Some of the list members have
> been using it for quite a while now.
>
> I created a perl utility a couple years ago which is available for
> purchase at a very reasonable rate. I call it xlmaker and it creates
> true blue xls files from textual data. It does use an additional
> external file that provides format control information that allows you
> to do a whole lot with the final spreadsheet. Some of the things it
> supports are:
>
> - Coloring specific cells
> - Inserting formulas into the spreadsheet wherever you like
> - Controlling the formatting of cells, this addresses your number format
> issues, including the leading zero problem.
> - Establishing freeze points that allow some range of cells to scroll
> while others remain in place. Both horizontal and vertical frame
> freezing are supported.
> - Custom column widths for every column in the worksheet.
> - Multiple worksheets with custom titles. Each worksheet has separate
> format controls.
>
>
> This does build upon the excellent Spreadsheet::WriteExcel package
> mentioned in an earlier reply. I include with it documentation that
> explains how to use it within FilePro. The documentation explains all of
> the available features. I can provide documentation alone if you'd like
> to review that before deciding.
>
> Contact me if you'd rather not spend the time necessary to write and
> debug this yourself.
>
> Dan
>
>


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