Saving a Collection to Microsoft Excel
Use the
menu option (or the tool bar button) to save a collection to a file and then automatically open the file in Microsoft Excel. The records are placed in the file formnameExportsequence.csv in the local My Documents folder - for example, My Documents\itemsExport4.csv. If Excel is installed on your local system, it is launched and the new file is opened as a spreadsheet. If you have a different application set up to open comma-separated value (.csv) files, that application will open the file instead.If the currently selected field is either in a grid or has a related grid on the form, you see this prompt: "Do you want to match the sequence of columns in the related grid?" Click
if the spreadsheet columns should match the order of the grid on the form. Click if the spreadsheet columns should match the order of the property list in the form's IDO.Only data displayed in the current collection is populated into the spreadsheet, and the usual export-to-file rules apply.
Some collections may not have the
option enabled.Related topics