Rafael - its quite the reverse. Its manipulating data in VFP - then simply Exporting the data to an Excel file using COPY TO command.
Regards, Kurt Wendt Senior Systems Analyst Tel. +1-212-747-9100 www.GlobeTax.com -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of rafael copquin Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2016 6:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: A Blank Value for a Number? I'm not sure I understand your problem, but I often have to read an Excel file and pass the data to a table. Sometimes there is no value in a cell that should have a certain value (character or numeric) Reading it line by line in those cases Excel sends a NULL value. I just do something like this: cFile = 'c:\exceldata\myexcelfile.xls' this.oExcel=createobject("Excel.Application") With this.oExcel .Workbooks.Open("&cFile") .Range("A27").Select oRange = .Range("A27:L27") Do while .t. with oRange cDescription = Nvl(Alltrim(.Columns[3].value),'') etc., etc. && read more cells into ad hoc variables endwith oRange = oRange.Offset(1,0) && jump to next line on Excel sheet EndDo and then it is a simple thing to replace the dbf DESCRIP field with cDescription I re read your post and see that you want to blank certain cells automatically. Following the above technique it should be an easy thing to do. Just look at my example with the cDescription variable. The nvl function will give it a value of '' if it contains a null value, or the actual value if it is not null Rafael Copquin On 14/06/2016 17:02, Kurt Wendt wrote: > I know - it's a Crazy request. Trying to figure out the Easiest way to try > and do this - and hoping to Avoid having to do more complicated solutions > like Office Automation to manipulate an Excel file. > > So - here's the deal. This system I work on - it outputs this Excel file. > And, in the past - if there are certain records that have a Zero in a > particular column - they would Manually wipe out the Zero - and also blank > out several of the other fields in that Row. > > But, the new request is to make those things happen automatically during > process when the Excel file gets exported. So that they do NOT have to > manually blank out certain fields. But, of course, therein lies the problem. > For the other rows of data - this particular field is supposed to be a > numeric value. And, AFAIK - there really is NO Way to have a DBF or Cursor > that has a Numeric field - and yet have blank values in it. > > As such, I suspect the answer is that this can't be done - to have a numeric > data field hold any kind of blank data. They even suggested just a Dash. But, > again - I figured it's not possible. However, I figured for the hell of it - > I would post here - in case someone had an interesting insight that I hadn't > thought of... > > Kurt Wendt > Senior Systems Analyst > [GlobeTax_SecondaryLogo_TwoColor_Lo]<https://www.globetax.com/> > One New York Plaza - 34th Floor > New York, NY 10004-1936, USA > Tel. +1-212-747-9100 > Direct +1-212-405-8246 > www.GlobeTax.com<https://www.globetax.com/> > > GlobeTax does not provide or offer, and this is not, tax, investment or legal > advice. This email and any attachments hereto is intended only for use by the > addressee(s) and may contain confidential information. If you are not the > intended recipient of this email, please immediately notify the sender at > +1-212-747-9100 and permanently delete the original and any copies of this > email. > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/related > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > image/png > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/80838f1ca795b14ea1af48659f35166f2bd...@drexch02.corp.globetax.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
