If you're creating a CSV by manually writing to text files, don't hardcode the comma. Use GetLocaleFormatSettings to read the locale list separator.
var ListSeparator: string; FormatSettings: TFormatSettings; begin GetLocaleFormatSettings(LOCALE_SYSTEM_DEFAULT, FormatSettings); ListSeparator := string(FormatSettings.ListSeparator); end; List Separator is part of your locale settings (in XP, Control Panel >> Regional and Language Options >> Region Options tab >> Customise >> Numbers tab >> List Separator). Database engines and Excel use this when parsing CSVs. Many countries which use a comma for a decimal point use a semicolon for the list separator, and it can even be up to four chars long. I recently discovered the consequences of hardcoding a comma myself! Robin On 30 Apr 2005, at 23:42, Katja Bergman wrote: > For writing to textfiles, you can use the procedures > AssignFile/Rewrite/Write/WriteLn/CloseFile to write the fields to a > textfile. ----------------------------------------------------- Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
