Question about Exporting Function

[machtenx]

I would like to automate the exporting of a report which I need to get into excel on a regular basis. That I know of, the only way to do this is through the export to a tab delimmitted file. Is this correct?

If so, is there any plugin for filemaker or way that I may specify the export terms rather than just the last export order? Also is there any way to get column headers when exporting to a tab delimitted file? get's confusing when you have so many items without headings.

Thanks so much for your help!

Matt

 

[Philland]

You should be able to export to a "sylk" (symbolic link) file instead of comma delimited, This type of file will open directly into Excel without an additional import step.

 

[Schlogg]

1. Problem with using SLK is that EXCEL does some weird things with some fields - gets confused with dates, etc.
2. The EXCEL import step was not an issue in this question and it is trivial anyway.

3.To answer the question - sort of.
I do not know of any way to get the headers/fieldnames.
You can export any set of fields in any order by going to
File->Export.... specify them.


Cheers,
Paul J.