Re: [PCTECH] Exprting data into Excel drops leading zero

["Adam Lang" <aalang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

How are you exporting the data?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Saunders, Robin" <robin.saunders@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "PC Technical Discussion for iSeries Users" <pctech@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 1:26 PM
Subject: RE: [PCTECH] Exprting data into Excel drops leading zero


> Hi Dennis,
>
> There was a recent discussion about this in the Midrange list. Hope this
> link will help.
>
> http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/200402/msg00512.html
>
> Regards
> Robin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Munro [mailto:DMunro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 1:50 AM
> To: 'PcTech@xxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [PCTECH] Exprting data into Excel drops leading zero
>
>
> W2K Pro SP4  -  Office 2000
>
> When I export data from the 400 into Excel:
> 1-       numeric values are shown with the leading zero(s) dropped in a
cell
>
> 2-       if the number has only zeros after the decimal point, they also
are
> dropped but that can be changed by formatting the cell
> 3-       when exporting a column defined as character that has only
numbers,
> all leading zeros are dropped
>
> When I export the same data into a csv or tab delimited file & view that
via
> Word Pad, the zeros are there & numeric values also show the correct
number
> of places after the decimal point.
>
> So, what can be done to keep all the zeros in place when exporting into
> Excel?  Formatting the cell as text does not bring the dropped leading
zeros
> back.
>
> Thanks - Dennis.
>
> Dennis Munro
>
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