Note Pad Help

Reply #5

johnph77 — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:55:40 GMT

You can actually do this through My Computer . Right-click on the filename, change the extension from .txt to .dat , and click OK when the warning shows up. I'm rather uncomfortable with this and always save the file to a different name for backup purposes before using this function.

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Reply #4

phileight — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:49:29 GMT

hcrude14

I assume you are saving the excel file as a text file. excel will add .txt to the file name. From your post your program is looking for a .dat file extension. once the excel file is stored use windows explorer or other means you'r comfortable with, to find the file then rename with the .dat file extension. hope this helps

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Reply #3

hcrude14 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:16:45 GMT

I'm Using DH one up one down program,it wants its P3 histories in Note pad in the following format YYYY-MM-DD AMorPM DRawn number,I can get histories and drop them into notepad but I have to correct the spacing and insert the AM or PM.I'm working with an Excel spreedsheet but can't seem to get it to transfer into the DH one up one down data file where I've got the notepad .dat file identified and waiting?getting an error message,when I try to transfer to it?I played myself out last nite working... [ More ]

Reply #2

johnph77 — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:09:40 GMT

Not sure what program you're using or what the required file format would be - it depends on the necessary file extension, of which there are many - .txt (text file), .rtf (Rich Text Format), .dif (Data Interchange Format), and more. As time*treat pointed out, most spreadsheets can save data in a .txt file but the caveat here is that if some of the data contains decimals of varying length the columns can be raggedly spaced.

BTW, WordPad is just as capable as NotePad in this respect and can... [ More ]

Reply #1

time*treat — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:51:20 GMT

Any decent spreadsheet program (excel, calc) should let you do this, then save the results as a txt file.

Note Pad Help

hcrude14 — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:21:41 GMT

I Have a program that requires its histories for each State to be in Note Pad in a the following format YYYY-MM-DD AMorPM DRAW number.I can go to a Web site retreive 120 days worth of history for the State I require,cut and paste them into notepad then I have to insert the AM or PM, move draw no's over for the correct spacing manually which takes a long time.Is there a program out there that I can get where I can paste the histories into,set up the correct format have it do the work and then I c... [ More ]