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HOW TO SAVE XLS to CSV? [message #181015]

Thu, 06 July 2006 05:23

wency
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I have to make an XLS file as template in order to control cell format.I open the file using DDE package and input some data on it.The problem is I can't save the file on CSV format. I can only save it and not saveas(to CSV format).
What should I do?

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Re: HOW TO SAVE XLS to CSV? [message #181115 is a reply to message #181015]

Thu, 06 July 2006 21:25

djmartin
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Is there a MS Office command that will convert XLS to CSV?

David

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Re: HOW TO SAVE XLS to CSV? [message #181121 is a reply to message #181115]

Thu, 06 July 2006 22:43

lakshmi surya ram
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hi,

firstly transfer the data to xls file.

after you click f2 for saving the file,check for the csv(comma,delimted)and save it.now this stored in the respective module bin and check the back-hand table.

now the values will be populated over their.

regards,
surya

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Re: HOW TO SAVE XLS to CSV? [message #181130 is a reply to message #181015]

Fri, 07 July 2006 00:21

wency
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F2?
I open the file in forms using DDE. Now I want to save it as xls file. I'm doing this because if I create a file using OLE2 I can't format the column, although I can save it directly as csv by changing the file extension.

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Re: HOW TO SAVE XLS to CSV? [message #181143 is a reply to message #181130]

Fri, 07 July 2006 01:08

djmartin
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Think laterally. Instead of trying to put out a numeric fields with formatting, convert the number to a character field to which you have already applied the formatting.

HINT: Put a single quote as the first character of the field.

David

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Re: HOW TO SAVE XLS to CSV? [message #181156 is a reply to message #181143]

Fri, 07 July 2006 01:54

Maaher
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For a CSV, I'd use UTL_FILE. Besides, cell format? Since when can you actually format a CSV file apart from deciding what delimiter you use? I'm confused by your contradiction: a template to format a csv file in Excel? Perhaps I'm missing something here...

MHE

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Re: HOW TO SAVE XLS to CSV? [message #181165 is a reply to message #181015]

Fri, 07 July 2006 02:20

wency
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Hi David!
I've already tried that for number. But what I pass date on MM/YYYY?

MHE,
I'l try to research on UTL_FILE.
Anyway, am I wrong of opening excel and saving it with CSV file extension? Delimeter in CSV is quite jargon to me?

tnx

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Re: HOW TO SAVE XLS to CSV? [message #182352 is a reply to message #181165]

Fri, 14 July 2006 07:51

djmartin
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Sorry .. I don't do Excel. You will have to look in the Excel help and find the function that converts date fields to character fields.

David

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