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Xml Report being output to Excel (Number field outputting as General)

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tankthefrank

Technical User
Jun 19, 2009
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AU
Hi,

I have a field in my xml template with the following properties:
type: number
number format: #,##0.00

when i view my template in excel (2003), the field is displayed as "general" instead of "number". because of this, i can't do calculations for this field, until i change the format from "general" to "number".

what should i do so that the field should be automatically set as number?

Take note that in the same template, i also have 2 fields which are set to "numbers" and they are working properly.

I believe this isn't an issue in Excel 2007 but in prior Excel versions. Would any of you wizards have a way around this please? Much appreciated


 
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