hello friends,

     I am opeining a text file in Binary mode for input which has data given below and then writing it to CSV file

Data in Text file
ID Name strQtrTxbl strYtdTxbl
485741167 Abens, Stuart F. 6,565.24 6,565.24

Syntax used

    Open File For Binary As #1

And then after reading the data,I am writing the data to output CSV file

                strQtrTxbl = Trim(Mid(strData, 43, 15))
                strYtdTxbl = Trim(Mid(strData, 58, 15))

But as you can see the data in strQtrTxbl = 6,565.24 so when i am trying to write it to CSV file, it is getting wrritten in two different fields as program is considering "," as delimiter

My confusion is when i have opened the file in Binary mode then "," should not be considered as delimiter, it should be considered as string

Question - Please help me where i am wrong ?

Note : i can remove the "," from the data and then write also <- this i know



Thanks and Regards
Lawson, COBOL

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Thanks and Regards
Lawson, COBOL

Hi friends

i figured out how to deal with "," in the data

example : if you have "," in the data as salary 66,345 then we can add double quotes

If InStr(strField, ",") <> 0 Then strField = Chr(34) & strField & Chr(34)

Chr(34) = "

then the value will be stored in CSV file would be "66,345"

now when importing the data from CSV to MS access database we have to LINK TABLES in table section ( in table section right click in white area)

Select the table and then click LINK then click Advance
Fixed Delimiter = ,
Text Qualifier = "

then the data will be imported to MS access database as 66,345
Previously data was transfered as 66 and then in another column 345




Thanks and Regards
Lawson, COBOL