Thank you Cannon, Progress indicator is not the only reason we need to know number of rows in advance. However, your suggestion for using parse position and file size for process bars is intriguing and new to me. I will investigate.
Kirk > On Nov 8, 2017, at 7:11 PM, Cannon Smith via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> > wrote: > > If the only reason you need to know the number of rows beforehand is to help > in showing a progress indicator, you could use the file size and current > parse position instead.... > > -- > Cannon Smith > >> On Nov 8, 2017, at 6:42 PM, rooftop99--- via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> >> wrote: >> >> We are working with large Excel documents which contain upwards of 750K rows >> and we need to import each row into a 4D application to create records. In >> advance of the import process I would like to know how may rows to expect. > > ********************************************************************** > 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) > FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html > Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html > Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech > Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com > ********************************************************************** ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) FAQ: http://lists.4d.com/faqnug.html Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: http://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
