txt-file is in ANSI format or OEM Character format.

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Joergen Bondesen

Hi NG.

Is it possibel, in VBA, to know if a txt-file is in ANSI format or OEM
Character format.

Is this possible to save a txt-file (ANSI format) to OEM Character format.
 
I think the only real difference is the end of the lines being a "carriage
return" or "carriage return and line feed". It is pretty easy to convert a
file from one to the other format.
 
Hi Joel.

Thanks for your reply.
I think the only real difference is the end of the lines being a "carriage
return" or "carriage return and line feed".
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That is not quite correct. In Denmark we have local letters as æ, ø and å
and therefore I have to change from ANSI to OEM when I am using data in
"old" industrial ink printers.
It is pretty easy to convert a file from one to the other format.
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Do you have vba code for both purpose?
 
Now I understand the problem. Have you saved the file as CSV file or other
Text formats. What happens?

to fully understand what is happening you need to save the file and then
open the file with Notepad or some other text editor. Also try printing some
of the text files and see what happends.

The older printers have a smaller character set (number of characters) it
recognizes. When you use excel or other microsoft products such as word you
are using the OEM character set to be compatible with the printer.

You are actually changing the Font and not the word. The font setting are
invisible formatting characters just like Bold setting or color settings.
when you save the file as text all the formating characters are removed.
The solution in word would be to save the file as RTF which keeps the
formating.

You could try copying the file to word and then save the File as RTF.
 
Hi Joel.

Thanks for reply.

Regret my insufficient explanation in the beginning.



Today I save the Excel file with customer data to a csv-file.

This file I open in UltraEdit (Hex-editor) and change ANSI to OEM and close
then file.

This file I deliver to the production ink-printer.

The operator then load the file into then machine. I do think it is some old
"DOS" because it is not Windows.

Then the operator ink customer data on magazines.



It would be very nice if I could save the Excel-file as an OEM csv-file.



It would also be nice if I could test a csv-file for ANSI/OEM version.
 
I think there is a simplier solution. Any of the option below can be
converted to a macro if it works.

1) Try saving the file as formatted Text space Delimited.
2) Try printing to a "file" using a OEM Printer or other printer
3) Try copying data to word. Then in word Print to a "file" using different
Printers.
4) Try 2 and 3 above changing formating to a different Font.

You really have a font problem. You need to get the correct Font that will
work with the printer you are using. I can fix any spacing problems you may
have with a macro, we just need to get the characters in the file to be
correct.

Another solution if UltraEdit (Hex-editor) supports a scripting language is
to automatically start the Ultraeditor from excel so the conversion is
automatic.
 
Hi Joel.
Another solution if UltraEdit (Hex-editor) supports a scripting language
is
to automatically start the Ultraeditor from excel so the conversion is
automatic.
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I will try this solution.

Thanks for your time.

Perhaps, I will be back, later.
 
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