CarlP wrote:
Immanuel CRC Office wrote:
CarlP wrote:
G. Roderick Singleton wrote:
On Tue, 2006-03-14 at 12:59 -0500, CarlP wrote:
.mer is a file type that is a special csv file type export option
by Filemaker Pro (6 and earlier) that contains field names (a
straight csv export by FMP for some reason doesn't include field
names). This file type is readily used by M$Word and other M$
software as a data source for mail merges.
Some time ago I asked about how to use .mer files directly as an OO
data source but thus far haven't found a way to do so without
jumping through a number of hoops. If I can't use it directly for
mail merges, then I'd at least like to force OO to use Calc to open
this file type. Instead, it opens with Writer, and I can't find a
setting to make it open in Calc. BTW, if I simply change the
extension to csv, it opens fine in Calc. But I don't want to have
to do this every time I create a new data source and mail merge.
Sorry, I do not understand. Are you saying that selecting Text CSV in
the file type drop down for open is failing or that you haven't tried
it? I ask because it works for me.
Sorry for the confusion. CSV opens fine for me. What I want to do
is force OO to use Calc when it opens a file of type .mer instead of
Writer (this is the special csv file type I mentioned above).
Hope this helps,
Carl
Carl:
When you are in Calc, do File->Open. Select your .mer file. Then in
the Type box, select Text CSV. This will open it properly.
Crystle
BTW, in case you are wondering, I'm on WinXP Home and OO 2.0.2
Crystle, this helps but I still can't use this to simply double click
(or right click and choose Open With) and open with Calc.
OK, a little more to this mystery. I next tried mapping the .mer file
type as an Open Document Spreadsheet (.ods), thinking that would make it
open with Calc, and even that didn't work. To do this I created a new
file type (mer) and clicked the Advanced options to associate it with
the Open Document Spreadsheet file type. This should have made Windows
treat it like an OO spreadsheet file (.ods). Instead, I get an icon of
an OD Spreadsheet, as I'd expect, but it still opens in Writer.
Go figure. I thought I could take care of it through Windows, but
somehow OO is overriding that association and opening with Writer. Could
this be a bug? Or is it really a feature request? Any other ideas for
how to do this?
Since you are using Windows, why not just rename *as* you open?
Select the .mer file in the OpenOffice file dialog, press F2, and either
replace .mer with .csv or with .mer.csv.
The drawback is you can't open by directly clicking on the icon.
Jallan
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