I'm using the OpenXML SDK 2.0, and I want to know where the list of defined format styles (and their values) is kept. Specifically, I want to know date/time formats. I want to open an xcel file, read a cell, and try to determine (based on format/style) if it is a date or date time value. Conversely, if I write data to a xcel file, and I want a specific cell to be of a 'Date', what styleindex value do i use?
This article
may be of help. It shows how to add style to a cell.
Unfortunately is not possible to reference just the cell format, but you need to reference a cell style item.
I just did a fast look and cannot find the table of standard styles (it's in the xlsx spec somewhere). However, be aware that some of the standard datetime formats are incorrect. Excel does not match what the spec says.
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I have a PDF form that I'm filling out with data using progress-4gl. To date, I've been only filling in text fields using the following syntax:
put stream stream1 unform
"^global CHX_SINGLE_CE_PLAN3" skip(0)
"X" skip
CHX_SINGLE_CE_PLAN3 is the field name...
This code works when dealing with text fields but I'm trying to check a box instead of fill in a text field. I cannot find any documentation on this. Is checking a box on a fillable pdf form even possible with 4gl?
As far as I remember PDF Include has support for filling fillable forms. Whilst it's probably a bit over the top in terms of what you want to achieve, it's an open source project and so you may well find the answer to your question within the code itself.
Here's a link to the project page: http://www.oehive.org/pdfinclude
I discovered the answer, which I thought I had already tried before asking this question. The answer is you need to pass the value "Yes" (with capital "Y") in order to check the checkbox. The correct code in this instance is:
put stream stream1 unform
"^global CHX_SINGLE_CE_PLAN3" skip(0)
"Yes" skip
I believe this is the case no matter which language you're using
friends.
I have field in my report that contains time string 25:00:00. How can i export this field to excel and get column format [h]:mm:ss automatically?
Steps that i tried:
Used function System.TimeSpan.FromSeconds(90000). But it gave me result 1.01:00:00 and it exports to excel as General format.
Used expression for TextBox properties -> Number in SSRS like this:
=IIF(Globals!RenderFormat.Name="EXCELOPENXML","[h]:mm:ss","HH:mm"). It gave the same result as previous.
If there are some ideas how to decide this problem, I wait your suggestions. Thanks.
FORMAT function removes the actual data type of the column while exporting. So Instead i will suggest use FORMAT property (as in below screenshot)
Now if you try again & export report to excel it will export using the format property of that cell.
When reading a csv file containing ID numbers, excel is reading strings as numbers. This also occurs when reading the same style of ID's in an excel vba array.
Under locals, the elements of the array are displayed as datatype "String", but the format is still a number.
I have tried changing the style to text as well as using CStr() on individual elements of an array. Is there a way to have excel read the ID's as a string instead of a number?
Thanks.
You need to bypass the automatic conversion when you open the .csv file.
Use the Import Wizard to open the file and tell the Wizard that the field is text.
To convert back this might suit:
=SUBSTITUTE(LEFT(A1,3),".","")&"E"&TEXT(RIGHT(A1,3)-1,"0000")
I just started using Access 2013 and there are two new data types, Short Text and Long Text. I need to programatically add a table in SQL and I used to use TEXT(100) or something like it, but what do I use to create a column of type Long Text? I need the field to be like the memo type in previous versions of Access, basically limitless or very large.
You can use Long Text just like the memo type:
In earlier version (before A2007) we had the RTF presentation for Memo
fields. The implementation was - IIRC - storing the text you had on
the screen in Word RTF format with some cryptic codes in {} to
indicate the formatting. In A2007 they changed to the new formatting
known as Rich Text. This is stored in the Memo field with HTML tags
implement the formatting. The thing they changed now is not the UI for
these fields but the name of the datatype in the database. It's not
called MEMO anymore, now it's called LONG TEXT. The formatted text
should AFAIK still be stored in the same way, as HTML coded text. When
you switch from plain text to rich text you do nothing else then tell
Access to use another UI to display the content of the data in the
database. Stored is still the same.
You can read more from here
Oops, I found it. It's just LONGTEXT.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms714540(v=vs.85).aspx
i put the format of a textbox using expression like Format(Fields!name.Value, "dd/MM/yyyy")
can i somehow set a global format for datetime and currency/floats without having the need to set it for each textbox in part
Perhaps.
You can specify a report language/culture to use which affects all controls.
However, I don't think you can specify a certain format "dd/MM/yyyy" which is not linked to language.
i didn't found how to do that but i do use know a macro recorder, so i created some macros for formatting stuff in my report like for datetime and cash, so i format a cell with a hotkey now, that's my workaround
well you could also format it in DB and send it as string, but it's kind off the same