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Export FM8 Data into Excel and Retain fomatting

Jalz
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Hi Guys,

Can somone advise me on how I can try and recreate the FileMaker---->Excel layout into Excel automatically when I run my export script from FileMaker.

Ive attached a sample of what I am trying to do, any help would be much appreciated as always. has anyone else attempted to recreate a couple of reports out of FileMaker into Excel in the past?

Jalz

reporttest.zip

Have you tried the different export options?

There is an Excel format.

Lee

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Hi Lee,

Yes, Ive tried all the options. The problems the way I store my data, i.e. two tasks (Task Due (Descriptor)- Due TaskDate, Task Act(Task Due (Descriptor)), Actual TaskDate) in one record, means that when I export to excel, the fields dont have a carriage brk between the two tasks, they're just long continuos records.

I've just created another file, been experimenting since I posted. The file contains fields A to Z and Ive been populating data into the FM file and then exporting out to Excel and voila, it reatins the Layout format.

So I think I am going to investigate this further, but I have a couple of other questions.

a) How many fields can I display in Table view in FileMaker.

: Can I export background colours to excel?

What is wrong with the attached again?

Reporttest.xls.zip

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oops forgot the file

: Can I export background colours to excel?

Not that I know. But have a look at www.filemaker.com/xml

You can do all the formatting you want in excel by using an XML export from FM and putting the formatting code in the XSLT...

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Hi Lee,

This is the format I want my data to come out in. Nicely aligned columns and headings. At the moment I'm favouring using an intemediary file, called excel, with columns A-Z. I can import my data into this file in the fields and then export the fields to Excel. This will allow me to format data as I like, but as Wim suggested, using XML and xslt is probably the most effiecient and best way to fomat data.

I've bought the XML book by Beverly Voth, but unfortunately I haven't had the serious time to get really into it. Besides Im someone that learns through examples, rather than reading, hence the reason why I haven't got into it - my downfall.

Thanks for your help guys.

Reporttest.zip

Edited by Guest

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