I wrote one to import an excel made csv. There was no published format that I could find though...
It is a "bit" unfinished (about 5% missing) in the translation matrix... I'll polish it today and try to fix the errors, try to find the source of the data to put in the proper credits. The database contains a few thousands NT events errors and codes reference. cheers Xavier > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alex > Tweedly > Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 03:51 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Another Revolution Success Story > > > At 18:02 28/06/2004 -0400, Troy Rollins wrote: > > > >On Jun 28, 2004, at 5:40 PM, Kurt Kaufman wrote: > > > >>A physician in our area had a need for an application which > could easily > >>import patient data from a text file (multiple rows of comma-delineated > >>data). It was a simple task, using Revolution, to open the > file and read > >>the data to a field. Subsequently a "model" card was cloned and the > >>appropriate data sent to various fields on each card. Over a thousand > >>records were created this way in a few minutes.The only stumbling block > >>involved my forgetting that a standalone cannot modify itself. > No matter > >>though; I merely created an invisible "starter app" that immediately > >>opened a data stack in the data folder. > >>The application works "as advertised". > >>The doctor was impressed that it was possible to do this in a few hours! > > > >String handling apps DO seem to be Rev's forte. > > yes, string handling is pretty good - but I'm surprised that Rev has no > built-in support for CSV files. They are a pretty common interchange > format, but handling the variations commonly found makes it > non-trivial to > do this properly - quoted fields, delimiter in quoted fields, escaped or > doubled quotes within a field, etc. > > Has anyone written and contributed a library to avoid others having to > "roll-your-own" ? > > (*) - I should probably say "appears to have no built-in support" - there > may be something that I just can't find in the docs. > > > -- Alex. > _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution