Sort/Selection processing

[Harold]

On 6/16/2010 1:21 PM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
> Harold,
>
> I have a number of programs that generate csv files and when the process
> completes, the file is opened in Excel
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> These are run from a menu command file.
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> @title Export Itemdata information to A CSV file
> @\fp56\fp\rreport itemdata -f post_to_excel -y jnk -u -ia
> @start excel c:\temp\item.csv
>
> Are you using the correct command to open the csv file with Excel?
>
>
> Richard Kreiss
> GCC Consulting
> rkreiss at gccconsulting.net
>
>

Hi Richard,

Thanks for replying.  I will look at what you sent, but right now I have to meet some 
people.

Actually, Excel does run, but it cannot find the file in c:\maclbs\.  The file's name 
is mac061510.csv, for today.  Each file has the date that it is created.

Harold


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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: filepro-list-bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com
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>> bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Harold
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 12:01 PM
>> To: john at valar.com
>> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>> Subject: Re: Sort/Selection processing
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>> On 6/15/2010 3:51 PM, John Esak wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, I realized right away that @ts wouldn't have a meaning other than
> Total
>>> Records Processed, not Total Records Selected.  I think it *would* be
> useful
>>> in this context.  Not *real* useful... But somewhat, maybe...
> Sometimes...
>>> Perhaps. Oh, okay, it's pretty much not to useful a thing to know, other
>>> than to just know it? Since it has no relation to how many you actually
>>> select, you couldn't use it for much of anything.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
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>> Hi John,
>>
>> I am still working on my problem--I can create the CSV file, but haven't
> been able to
>> open the CSV file while in filepro, using Excel, after the CSV file has
> been created.
>>
>> I use @ts to see how many records have been selected, and as each record
> has
>> been
>> sent to the CSV file I increment a variable field rn.  When rn is equal to
> @ts I try
>> to open CSV.
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>> To prove that @ts is the number of records selected I have created the JPG
> file
>> attached.  Note at the bottom left where it shows @ts, which contains the
> number of
>> records selected, which is that same number as that above.
>>
>> Take Care,
>>
>> Harold
>>
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>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Kenneth Brody [mailto:kenbrody at spamcop.net]
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 3:49 PM
>>>> To: john at valar.com
>>>> Cc: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
>>>> Subject: Re: Sort/Selection processing
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>>>> On 6/15/2010 2:12 PM, John Esak wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>>> I will assume that @ts has no value either on the -v table.
>>>> Although, who
>>>>> knows (besides Ken :-) maybe it does. In which case, you
>>>> could set an
>>>>> incrmenting counter for every record encoutnerd selected or
>>>> not and when @ts
>>>>> equalled this counter, you'd be done with the -v processing.
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> I'd have to check is @TS has any value during sort/select
>>>> processing.  But,
>>>> even if it did, what would it mean?
>>>>
>>>> Consider this:
>>>>
>>>> I hand you my Rolodex, and ask you to pull out all the
>>>> clients from New
>>>> York.  Part-way through, I ask you "how many New York clients
>>>> are in my
>>>> Rolodex, and have you gotten all of them yet?"
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Kenneth Brody
>>>>
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