I am not up on XML, but may have to get there ... assuming that there is enough time in the day. (A big assumption considering the current work load.)
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Alan Winson > Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 8:59 AM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Converting Text to XLS > > Richard, just yesterday I finished working on a REXX program > that generat= es CSV, HTML, or XML for a simple spreadsheet. > If you're interested, I can = ask my employer whether I can > give it to you. > > You'd have to cannibalize it, since it does not read a text > file; it generates its own data by reading > application-specific files. It has a layer of calls (open, > start table, start row, td, etc.) and below that ar= e the > abstraction layers for the different formats. The XML can > handle centering, column widths, and some cell highlighting > (bold red, in this case), but you could change it if you're > up on XML, or by doing what I di= > d: > > I don't know XML, by the way. I did the whole thing by > starting with a spreadsheet in Excel, saving it as XML, and > taking it apart. >
