list separator

[Kieran H]

To all,

A question of understanding:

We have an application that generates .csv files, the delimiter is
determined by the locale of the user by reading their regional
settings - list separator.

When Excel opens a csv file using open-with Microsoft Excel does it
read the required list separator from anywhere other than the users
regional settings list separator?

Because it works in the UK but not in Spain!

Your thoughts would be appreciated

Cheers

Kieran

 

[NickHK]

Kieran,
You can get the user's setting with:
?Application.International (xlListSeparator)
Also available, xlThousandsSeparator etc.

Depending what you are doing, you can use .OpenText and specify the
delimter(s) used.

But without code, Excel just defaults to the user's setting as shown in the
Control Panel, whatever the actual file contains.

NickHK