On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Harold Hallikainen wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:41 AM, Harold >> Hallikainen wrote: >>> Does anyone know of a better way to send an email of data that can just >>> be >>> copied and pasted in to an Excel row? Maybe XML or something? >>> >> >> Why not just append comma-separated-value data to the end of the file? >> No cutting and pasting required. Excel locks the file so that you >> can't write to it when it's open though. A workaround could be done if >> you feel like getting into VBScript (I don't!) >> -- >> Martin K. > > > Thanks for the idea? I just tried looking at an xls file, and it looks > pretty binary-ish. I don't think I want the person handling this to have > to deal with appending stuff to the file. A simple copy and paste out of > email SEEMS simplest, but maybe not. > > Harold > I meant that if your application allows it, you could use a .csv file which is just plain text. -- Martin K. -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist