How about .columns[1].value = [="]+alltrim(tattoo)+["]
You may need to set NumberFormat to text for the cell/column before you add your value. Jim Harvey wrote: > Our horses are assigned tattoo numbers of 6 characters (letters and digits). > > Horses with tattoos consisting of the first character being a number, the > second an "E", and the third a zero, are assigned the "Scientic cell > format", and appear as such in the resultant Excel file. > > Tattoo number 6E0119 shows up in the Excel file as 6.00E+119. > > Is there a automation command to fix this? > -- Richard Kaye Vice President Artfact/RFC Systems Voice: 617.219.1038 Fax: 617.219.1001 For the fastest response time, please send your support queries to: Technical Support - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet Support - [EMAIL PROTECTED] All Other Requests - [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- This message has been checked for viruses before sending. --------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** 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.

