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inetserver asp general : HTML table in Excel with line feed in cell

McKirahan
11/25/2006 7:00:42 PM

I an using ASP to read a database table and generate an HTML table
which is save via FSO with a file extension of .xls which opens up
in MS-Excel. I am inserting several lines of text into a cell and would
like to force a line break between them.

I recorded an MS-Excel macro so see how Alt-Enter was captured
which turned out to be Chr(10) which is the same as vbLf (right?)

I tried inserting that in character in the text but it didn't show up as
a line break in MS-Excel.. Can anyone assist? Thanks in advance.

Mike Brind
11/27/2006 12:00:00 AM

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Try vbCrLf

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Mike Brind

McKirahan
11/27/2006 6:22:31 AM

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I did, it didn't (work).

Mike Brind
11/27/2006 1:09:26 PM

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<br /> then, since you are writing html.

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Mike Brind

McKirahan
12/2/2006 2:56:53 PM

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Mike, thanks for trying.

<br /> (or <br>) does cause a line break; however, it creates a new row.

I'm trying to simulate Excel's Alt+Enter to force word-wrap within a cell.

Here's an example of the generated HTML table:

<table border="1" width="100%">
<tr height="60" valign="bottom">
<td width="120">One<br />Two<br />Three</td>
</tr>
</table>

If you open it up in Excel you see that it's on three rows ont one.

Mike Brind
12/3/2006 8:37:10 PM

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Then you need to simulate Excel. Create a file in the way that you want it,
save it as html then open the result in Notepad. You'll see it has it's own
CSS declarations. I'm no expert on CSS, but clearly one of the rules
(nowrap, perhaps?) forces <br> to be parsed as chr(10).

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The following gets you what you want:

<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel"
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">

<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<meta name=ProgId content=Excel.Sheet>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Excel 11">
<style>

</style>
</head>

<body>

<table x:str border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=64
style='border-collapse:
collapse;table-layout:fixed;width:48pt'>
<col width=64 style='width:48pt'>
<tr height=51 style='height:38.25pt'>
<td height=51 class=xl24 width=64 style='height:38.25pt;width:48pt'>1<br>
2<br>
3</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

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Mike Brind

McKirahan
12/3/2006 9:40:26 PM

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Thank you!

I took your advice -- I created a simple Excel file and saved it as HTML.

The key piece seems to be:

<style>
br { mso-data-placement:same-cell; }
</style>

as this gives me what I want:

<html>
<head>
<style>
br { mso-data-placement:same-cell; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table border=1 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=64>
<tr valign="top">
<td>1<br>2<br>3</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

A Google found this to confirm it:

CodeSnip:Export DataTable to Excel
http://aspalliance.com/518

Many thanks!

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