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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

853.0. "How to get ASCII data input to DECchart?" by 2524::MEIER (Bill Meier - VAX Ada) Tue May 30 1989 13:50

    I was using DECchart to produce some plots, and I liked it. However,
    the real data I will be using is generated as a (formatted fixed
    column) ASCII file by my own program. Is there any way (hack or
    otherwise?) to be able to read this file into the worksheet? Or, be
    able to convert it to TDIF format (again, hacks are ok!), and then read
    it in? Its just a simple file like
    
      500    12345
     1000     9373
     2000     6348
     3000     5102
    
    etc.
    
    or, how hard is it to write TDIF file directly? (although I would
    _really_ prefer not too!)
    
    Thanks.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
853.1		2805::DESAI	Jatin Desai	`Tue May 30 1989 13:54`	8
	re: .0 You will have better luck with this question in the DECdecision notes file. VIA::EPIC_INFORMATION Jatin
853.2	If you want to be really daring...	JHEREG::TANNENBAUM	ex-TPU Developer	`Wed May 31 1989 18:08`	6
	Underneath DECdecision/Calc is an extended version of TPU V2.2. There certainly no reason that you couldn't write a TPU procedure to parse the information and spoon-feed it to the spreadsheet... - Barry