CSV from Filepro dropping leading zeros

[Richard D. Williams]

Yes, the apostrophe trick works, but the apostrophe is still in the 
column as a visible character.

FYI, I am using this on the web. Users request the grid of data to be a 
csv file and filepro creates the csv.
That csv file is automatically loaded into Excel on the web users PC.

There is no loading or importing of this data.

Richard

Chris Sellitto wrote:

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>>Larry S. Weaver Jr.
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>>Subject: Re: CSV from Filepro dropping leading zeros
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>>Add an apostrophe (')to the front of the field.  That will tell Excel
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>>Larry
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>>Larry Weaver, Jr. - Dellem Associates, Inc.
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>>Ph:  813-963-5353 Ext: 101;  Fax:  813-962-3164
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>>Richard D. Williams wrote:
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>>>When I create a csv file from filepro and open it with Excel,
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>leading
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>>>zeros are drop.
>>>Is there any way to "tell" Excel not to do this?
>>>Are there any formatting variables that can be included into the csv
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>file?
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>>>Richard D. Williams
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>Larry,
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>When using the apostrophe, how do you prevent the apostrophe from being
>displayed when it is opened in Excel?
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>Christopher Sellitto
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