TransferText acExportDelim truncates numbers!

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David Rhind

I am exporting from Access 2002 to a text file using

DoCmd.TransferText acExportDelim, , "Table", "File"

However in the text file that is produced the numbers are
truncated to 2 decimal places. The table fields are
defined as double and the values in them are to 6 decimal
places.

Any idea how I stop this happening?

Thanks,

David
 
Use a query as the source of the exported data, not the table. In the query,
replace the table's field with a calculated field that formats the output
the way you want it:

MyOutput: Format([FieldName], "0.000000")
 
Or go to windows regional settings, and change the
number of decimal places from 2 to 6.

(david)
 
Ken,

When I try this I get an error mdgbox saying "Undefined
function 'Format' in expression"

Any ideas?
-----Original Message-----
Use a query as the source of the exported data, not the table. In the query,
replace the table's field with a calculated field that formats the output
the way you want it:

MyOutput: Format([FieldName], "0.000000")

--

Ken Snell
<MS ACCESS MVP>

I am exporting from Access 2002 to a text file using

DoCmd.TransferText acExportDelim, , "Table", "File"

However in the text file that is produced the numbers are
truncated to 2 decimal places. The table fields are
defined as double and the values in them are to 6 decimal
places.

Any idea how I stop this happening?

Thanks,

David
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Thanks David - That works but it doesn't make the code
very portable. I'll try and get the Format route working
first but if not I'll go for the Regional settings
approach.

David
 
If references are messed up -- you can get that Undefined Function message.

Try following these steps (from a post by Douglas Steele, MVP):

This can be caused by differences in either the location or file version of
certain files between the machine where the application was developed, and
where it's being run (or the file missing completely from the target
machine). Such differences are common when new software is installed.

On the machine(s) where it's not working, open any code module (or open the
Debug Window, using Ctrl-G, provided you haven't selected the "keep debug
window on top" option). Select Tools | References from the menu bar. Examine
all of the selected references.

If any of the selected references have "MISSING:" in front of them, unselect
them, and back out of the dialog. If you really need the reference(s) you
just unselected (you can tell by doing a Compile All Modules), go back in
and reselect them.

If none have "MISSING:", select an additional reference at random, back out
of the dialog, then go back in and unselect the reference you just added. If
that doesn't solve the problem, try to unselect as many of the selected
references as you can (Access may not let you unselect them all), back out
of the dialog, then go back in and reselect the references you just
unselected. (NOTE: write down what the references are before you delete
them, because they'll be in a different order when you go back in)

For far more than you could ever want to know about this problem, check out
http://members.rogers.com/douglas.j.steele/AccessReferenceErrors.html

--

Ken Snell
<MS ACCESS MVP>

David Rhind said:
Ken,

When I try this I get an error mdgbox saying "Undefined
function 'Format' in expression"

Any ideas?
-----Original Message-----
Use a query as the source of the exported data, not the table. In the query,
replace the table's field with a calculated field that formats the output
the way you want it:

MyOutput: Format([FieldName], "0.000000")

--

Ken Snell
<MS ACCESS MVP>

I am exporting from Access 2002 to a text file using

DoCmd.TransferText acExportDelim, , "Table", "File"

However in the text file that is produced the numbers are
truncated to 2 decimal places. The table fields are
defined as double and the values in them are to 6 decimal
places.

Any idea how I stop this happening?

Thanks,

David
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Thanks Ken - worked fine
-----Original Message-----
If references are messed up -- you can get that Undefined Function message.

Try following these steps (from a post by Douglas Steele, MVP):

This can be caused by differences in either the location or file version of
certain files between the machine where the application was developed, and
where it's being run (or the file missing completely from the target
machine). Such differences are common when new software is installed.

On the machine(s) where it's not working, open any code module (or open the
Debug Window, using Ctrl-G, provided you haven't selected the "keep debug
window on top" option). Select Tools | References from the menu bar. Examine
all of the selected references.

If any of the selected references have "MISSING:" in front of them, unselect
them, and back out of the dialog. If you really need the reference(s) you
just unselected (you can tell by doing a Compile All Modules), go back in
and reselect them.

If none have "MISSING:", select an additional reference at random, back out
of the dialog, then go back in and unselect the reference you just added. If
that doesn't solve the problem, try to unselect as many of the selected
references as you can (Access may not let you unselect them all), back out
of the dialog, then go back in and reselect the references you just
unselected. (NOTE: write down what the references are before you delete
them, because they'll be in a different order when you go back in)

For far more than you could ever want to know about this problem, check out
http://members.rogers.com/douglas.j.steele/AccessReference Errors.html

--

Ken Snell
<MS ACCESS MVP>

Ken,

When I try this I get an error mdgbox saying "Undefined
function 'Format' in expression"

Any ideas?
-----Original Message-----
Use a query as the source of the exported data, not the table. In the query,
replace the table's field with a calculated field that formats the output
the way you want it:

MyOutput: Format([FieldName], "0.000000")

--

Ken Snell
<MS ACCESS MVP>

"David Rhind" <[email protected]>
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I am exporting from Access 2002 to a text file using

DoCmd.TransferText acExportDelim, , "Table", "File"

However in the text file that is produced the numbers are
truncated to 2 decimal places. The table fields are
defined as double and the values in them are to 6 decimal
places.

Any idea how I stop this happening?

Thanks,

David


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