Re: [BLACKBOX] Excel

From: Douglas G. Danforth <"Douglas>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 23:42:16 -0800

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Chris,
Thanks.
-Doug

Chris Burrows wrote:
> Doug,
>
> It depends on what the Excel file contains. If each cell just contains
> simple data like a number or a string then the file can be saved as a simple
> CSV or TSV text file. Similarly CSV and TSV files can be opened in Excel.
> However, it is not that easy if the file contains multiple worksheets,
> formulae, functions, cross-references etc. etc.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
> Chris Burrows
> CFB Software
> http://www.cfbsoftware.com
>
> ________________________________
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> From: BlackBox [mailto:BLACKBOX{([at]})nowhere.xy
> Douglas G. Danforth
> Sent: Monday, 1 February 2010 5:36 PM
> To: BLACKBOX{([at]})nowhere.xy
> Subject: Re: [BLACKBOX] Excel
>
>
> Gunnar,
> If that is the extent of the complexity of an Excel file than that
> is easy.
> I am a novice to Excel. So the fields of the file are simply ','
> separated and
> the end of a row is just an eol?
>
> What is ADO?
>
>
> ActiveX Data Objects?
>
> Is that really necessary?
> -Doug
>
>
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