[Solved] Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: *.csv formats and MS DOS CSV formats

Hi :)
Good work!  Nicely done!  Congrats and thanks for letting us know :)

That checking process is really just a quick squizz after the first time or so.  It's not something 
to pause and read avidly.  You kinda become aware there might be a problem even before it pops up 
or well after rather than when it's actually in front of you.  Either way it's fairly easy to deal 
with.  

Mailing lists are quite variable.  You caught us at a good time with a good topic, although i guess 
that does happen a lot so thanks for the thanks :)    
Regards from 
Tom :)  





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> From: sun shine <phaedrusv@gmail.com>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org 
> Sent: Wednesday, 24 April 2013, 15:41
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: *.csv formats and MS DOS CSV formats
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> On 24/04/13 14:26, Alex Thurgood wrote:
> > Le 24/04/2013 14:36, sun shine a écrit :
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> > Looking at this :
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> > http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageImport_ShowContent&id=HMCE_PROD_010685&propertyType=document
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> > gives a list on how to structure the file and hints on what to do if 
> > your CSV submission fails, e.g. if leading zeroes get dropped or if 
> > NULL/0 values get replaced with nothing (as is the case with 
> > LibreOffice). The solution to those particular problems is to enter 
> > the data as a text string (by putting a leading apostrophe, for example).
> >
> > That same page also recommends not working on your CSV file directly, 
> > and in particular not to re-open it in your spreadsheet program (Excel 
> > cited in that particular case) !!
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> >
> > Alex
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> Hi Alex & list
>
> I got it wrong - this was a pensions trust submission, not HMRC. My bad.
>
> In any event - I think I may have solved this.
>
> My test was this:
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> My wife sent me the file created and saved on MS as *.csv DOS. I opened 
> it on GNU/Linux LibO. This opened a dialogue box and I ensured that the 
> UTF-8 was the default encoding, and under the section that reads 
> Separated By, all boxes were blanked except for comma, and that the text 
> delimiter is ".
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> I edited this file, saved it under a new-name.csv and selected Edit 
> Filter Settings in the Save As dialogue box, reviewed my selection and 
> saved.
>
> My wife opened this new-name.csv file in Windows Excel and it was fine 
> ... so I guess that the changes need to be made at the front end when 
> opening the file in LibO and then double checked at the time of saving.
>
> This sounds like this will work for the charity concerned, so hopefully 
> this will be the solution that satisfies the Pensions Trust as well.
>
> Cheers all - appreciate the promptness of your replies and the quality 
> of your help.
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