Just think if you had dropped them IN order you could now be in the Data Processing Hall of Fame !
-----Original Message----- From: Dianne Ackerman <dia...@aptron.com> To: U2 Users List <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Tue, Feb 7, 2012 10:32 am Subject: Re: [U2] Building an Excel File Ick, that reminds me of a time I was carrying punch cards and dropped hem all out of order :< n 2/7/2012 1:19 PM, Wjhonson wrote: When I was a kid we had to carry the bits from one computer to the other by and! In a tray! And if you dropped that tray you spend the next week putting all he bits back in order! -----Original Message----- From: George Gallen<ggal...@wyanokegroup.com> To: U2 Users List<u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Tue, Feb 7, 2012 10:08 am Subject: Re: [U2] Building an Excel File Why back in our day, the bits traveled at 110 baud, and simplex too. -----Original Message----- rom: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] n Behalf Of Allen E. Elwood ent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 12:57 PM o: 'U2 Users List' ubject: Re: [U2] Building an Excel File why when i was writing interfaces we did it with rocks and sticks, AND we ad to walk through the snow to do it. barefooted AND WE LOVED IT! ;-) actually i'm kinda surprised no one mentioned using TAB as a delimiter. ince it's never in text fields, you always get the data across with no roblems. -----Original Message----- rom: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of David A. Green ent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 7:20 AM o: 'U2 Users List' ubject: Re: [U2] Building an Excel File I have to say amen to Tony's comments. Why try and reinvent the wheel when here is a utility already written? Or throw out some kludgy solution when native one can be found? David A. Green 480) 813-1725 AG Consulting ----Original Message----- rom: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Tony Gravagno ent: Monday, February 06, 2012 8:06 PM o: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org ubject: Re: [U2] Building an Excel File Not responding to any particular quote here, just the CSV topic in general. Respected colleagues, CSV is not Excel. If you have an end-user that asks or Excel and you give them a CSV you're just perpetuating the myth that ick is a dinosaur. They will gladly spend tens of thousands of dollars to eplace your application with something that creates real Excel (and PDF) espite the fact that such things can be attained at low cost or no cost ight now. Trust me, I've seen it happen. This dove-tails with the reasons why people get 20 people to support Oracle hen they can have 3 working on Pick. The reason is that the Oracle people ay "yes", and give them pretty reports, when their Pick guys say "no", and ive them plain text in columns and rows and call it "Excel". Please don't let that happen to you. Be sure you are properly responding to nd-user requests. Just ask them what they do with the documents after you enerate them. If they really just want raw data, OK. But if they go on to ell you how many days it takes to reformat the data, assemble the multiple SVs into a single workbook, etc, then you have found a great deal of room or improvement. Yeah, I've been there too. Off the soapbox, thanks. _______________________________________________ 2-Users mailing list 2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org ttp://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ 2-Users mailing list 2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org ttp://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ 2-Users mailing list 2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org ttp://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ______________________________________________ 2-Users mailing list 2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org ttp://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ 2-Users mailing list 2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org ttp://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
