Re: Ex****ting .csv has .xls format. Why?

On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 04:57:01 -0800, Dala wrote:

> Hi all.
> 
> I have previously ex****ted data from Access 2003 to a csv-file. This has
> worked fine until a certain date, when the file suddenly has a different
> format.
> 
> The file is still a .csv-file, but the format of the file is .xls.

What exactly does "...the format of the file is .xls" mean?  Excel can 
open csv files and they will look and behave within Excel pretty much 
like an actual xls file, but that does not mean that the csv file is in 
xls format.  

Excel can also open html files and if the html file contains a simple 
html table once opened in Excel you would be hard-pressed to notice any 
difference compared to looking at an actual Excel file.

Perhaps you are confused because Windows file associations (on your pc)  
are set such that Excel is the default program used for opening a csv 
file.  If that is the case you can change that.

-- 
Rick Brandt, Microsoft Access MVP
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