conversion of data for filePro?

[Jeff Harrison]

Fairlight Wrote:
> 

> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 08:06:47PM -0500, Bob thus spoke:
>>  Mark,
>> 
>>  Just go to Save As and select the csv file time.  Works like a champ
>>  and ready for filepro import.
> 
> It seems like it's a banner day for people forgetting that not all data
> originates locally.
> 
> A third party would be supplying XLS files.  The systems running filePro
> won't have Excel - they're linux boxen.  The side running filePro 
> won't
> have any control over what's sent.
> 
> So...  We're looking at a need to do this unattended, on linux.
> 
> We have a lead on one potential solution (perl's "xls2csv" 
> project).  We
> wanted to see what other solutions might have been used to excellent
> success, however.
> 
> mark->
> -- 
> Audio panton, cogito singularis.

Or is it a banner day for people not posting enough details in their question? :-)

Jeff Harrison
jeffaharrison at yahoo.com
Author of JHExport and JHImport