Top Post Re: Import Dif Help

[haroldef]

On 6/15/2011 11:39 AM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
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> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 12:20 PM
> To: Kenneth Brody
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> Subject: Top Post Re: Import Dif Help
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> Hi,
>
> What I thought would work did not work.  First I tried:
> import dif data=c:\appl\mac_email_address\emailadd.csv
> This produced an error message that the file was not a valid dif file.
>
> Then I tried:  import word data=c:\appl\mac_email_address_emailadd.csv
> It did not fail, but I could not read anything.
>
> A few days ago I created a program that would export a csv file, consisting
> of the last name, the first name and the email addresses of over 500 members
> of our reunion group.  That was easy as there is advise on the fpteck site
> about creating a program that exports a csv file.
>
> Can someone point me to where I can read about importing a csv file that
> provides more information then that given in the filepro manual?
>
> Harold
>
> Harold,
>
> I'll do a "Ken", define not working.
>
> Is the path to the file correct?
> Is it a comma delimited file?
>
> Richard Kreiss
>

Hi,  Right after I sent that email I knew I had goofed.  I didn't say 
how it failed.  It failed because I had a blank for the first import 
word name=c:\appl\mac_email_address

To see if I had anything I used na(60,*) = name, and na was sixty spaces 
of blanks.

To answer your question

The path is correct, and it is a comma delimited file, a csv file.

In the csv file each line has:

"last name","first name","city","email address"

Isn't there any information on how to use import like there is using export?

Harold


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> On 6/14/2011 5:09 PM, haroldef wrote:
>> On 6/14/2011 4:19 PM, Kenneth Brody wrote:
>>> On 6/14/2011 4:38 PM, haroldef wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Can someone point me in the right direction to find our how to use
>>>> import dif name_of_file?
>>>>
>>>> Seems that there was at one time a place to go to get answers, but I
>>>> cannot find it.'
>>>
>>> What have you tried so far, and in what way didn't it work?
>>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I do not see many details in the fp manual about what one does after
>> the
>> line:
>> import dif filename.
>>
>> However, you caused me to think, and I will try something.  You may
>> have kick-started my mind and now I can solve my problem.
>>
>> Harold
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