Any way to get around the 240-character line limit on text output?
I'm trying to save an Excel file into a fixed-length file for import into a mainframe and the biggest problem (as pointed out in another post on this board) is that there is a limit of 240 characters per line. This causes the rest of each line to be placed at the end of the file. My record layout length is around 300 and we're talking about 50,000 records. How can I get around the 240 character limit to save this file in an acceptable format? Otherwise it will take hours of work to get the file in the proper format.
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;131554 -- Jim Rech Excel MVP "awp" <awp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6C917FDE-9F62-44F2-8290-05B3E25FB36A@microsoft.com... | I'm trying to save an Excel file into a fixed-length file for import into a | mainframe and the biggest problem (as pointed out in another post on this | board) is that there is a limit of 240 characters per line. This causes the | rest of each line to be placed at the end of the file. My record layout | length is around 300 and we're talking about 50,000 records. | | How can I get around the 240 character limit to save this file in an | acceptable format? Otherwise it will take hours of work to get the file in | the proper format.
jrrechThanks. Unfortunately, the code in the support documentation gives me a run time error "Invalid procedure call or argument" when I run the macro in Excel. Since I'm not a VB programmer, I don't really see what the problem is either. "Jim Rech" wrote: > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;131554 > > -- > Jim Rech > Excel MVP > "awp" <awp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:6C917FDE-9F62-44F2-8290-05B3E25FB36A@microsoft.com... > | I'm trying to save an Excel file into a fixed-length file for import into > a > | mainframe and the biggest problem (as pointed out in another post on this > | board) is that there is a limit of 240 characters per line. This causes > the > | rest of each line to be placed at the end of the file. My record layout > | length is around 300 and we're talking about 50,000 records. > | > | How can I get around the 240 character limit to save this file in an > | acceptable format? Otherwise it will take hours of work to get the file in > | the proper format. > > >
I copied and pasted those two procedures into a general module and then went back to my worksheet and tried it. It worked fine. Maybe you did something in the copy|paste portion. You may want to try Earl Kiosterud's Text Write program: www.smokeylake.com/excel (or directly: http://www.smokeylake.com/excel/text_write_program.htm) It has lots of options built in and since it comes as a workbook, there'd be less work for you to do. awp wrote: > > Thanks. Unfortunately, the code in the support documentation gives me a run > time error "Invalid procedure call or argument" when I run the macro in > Excel. Since I'm not a VB programmer, I don't really see what the problem is > either. > > "Jim Rech" wrote: > > > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;131554 > > > > -- > > Jim Rech > > Excel MVP > > "awp" <awp@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:6C917FDE-9F62-44F2-8290-05B3E25FB36A@microsoft.com... > > | I'm trying to save an Excel file into a fixed-length file for import into > > a > > | mainframe and the biggest problem (as pointed out in another post on this > > | board) is that there is a limit of 240 characters per line. This causes > > the > > | rest of each line to be placed at the end of the file. My record layout > > | length is around 300 and we're talking about 50,000 records. > > | > > | How can I get around the 240 character limit to save this file in an > > | acceptable format? Otherwise it will take hours of work to get the file in > > | the proper format. > > > > > > -- Dave Peterson
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Imagine two different users executing this code at the same time. I can not use the CRecordset Update Delete methods for this. // Check to see if version number has been incremented since this view read in // the client data CClientRecordSet rs(mConn); rs.m_strFilter = "ID = "; rs.m_strFilter += client->GetKey(); rs.m_strFilter +=" AND "; rs.m_strFilter += "Version = "; rs.m_strFilter += client->GetVersion(); // Assuming here, this is acting as a lock on tables referenced mConn->BeginTrans(); rs.Open(CRecordset::snapshot, NULL, CRecordset::re...
Excel not displaying German characters correctly.
This is a real puzzler. Has our entire office and IT department stumped. We have two machines (M1 / M2) which are equal spec/ operating system, applications, versions, etc... The only difference that we can see between the two machines is that one (M1) has Internet Explorer encoding set to "UTF-8" with "Automatic" selected. The other (M2) has "Western European ISO" with no automatic selected. Now, when the machines log into a web application and choose to download a German Excel file, M1 and M2 get the file correctly if they have their encoding settings...
formula to get sheet name
hi, can a formula retreive a worksheet name or does it need to be macro based? thanks, N.S. Hi Nigel, This formula that takes care of the possible situation whereby you have only one sheet in the workbook and its name is the same as the workbook's. Note: CELL("filename") will only work if the file has been saved at least once and if the file is opened in a different language system, the argument "filename" will need to be changed manually to the corresponding word (e.g. in Spanish "nombrearchivo"): =LOOKUP(REPT("z",255),SUBSTITUTE(MID(CE...
Text in column causing SUMPRODUCT error
Greegings. I have a SUMPRODUCT formula that is having errors when one of the columns has text instead of a NULL or a number. If I delete the text cells in that column it works as desired. I'll give a simple example. Suppose I have the following in A1:B6.... a 1 a 2 a abc b 1 b 1 a 2 And I need this... =SUMPRODUCT(($A$1:$A$6="a")*($B$1:$B$6)) It errors out until I delete the "abc" in cell B3, then it works as desired. I tried to replace the "abc" with a 0 by trying this... =IF(ISNUMBER(B3)=FALSE,0,B3) And it works for that pa...
Copy cell contents, then paste into the same cell with other text.
Hi! I tried a search first and couldn't find anything like this. My spreadsheet has a column for shipping that takes a series like this for each product: ?0.0*0.13.2*d*0x0x0:07:24:04 Following the question mark is the handling charge (0.0 in this example). This is followed by an * and then the weight of the item (0.13.2 in this example which is 13.2 ounces) I have a list of product weights in a colum with just pounds and ounces. I need to copy that information, then paste it into the weight area of the string above and then paste those modified contents back into t...
Help replacing text with Yes or No
I have a field formated as general. The field contains either 1 or is left blank. If the field has a 1 I want to replace it with Yes and if the field is blank I want to replace it with No. any help is appreciated. -- Jerry Save your data and use a copy for this exercize........... Assuming your data in Column A, put this in B1 and copy down........ =IF(A1=1,"Yes","No") Then highlight the column and do Copy > PasteSpecial > Values to get rid of the formulas..........then delete column A if you wish....... Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "Jerry Arnone, ...
How do I get total value data labels in a stacked bar chart?
I have a 3-D stacked bar chart with four series and I want to have the total value in each category be displayed in a data label. Can I do this, and if so, how?? Hi, This should help http://www.andypope.info/charts/StackColTotal.htm Cheers Andy blemerson wrote: > I have a 3-D stacked bar chart with four series and I want to have the total > value in each category be displayed in a data label. Can I do this, and if > so, how?? -- Andy Pope, Microsoft MVP - Excel http://www.andypope.info Thanks, Andy. The CFO is thrilled. Heather "Andy Pope" wrote: > Hi, >...