Exports and decimals

Anyone know how to export a table to a text file and get
more than 2 decimals?

Set up an export specification that specifies the decimal format for the
field and then use that export spec in a macro (TransferText) or VBA code
(DoCmd.TransferText).

You set up your spec by starting to do the export manually, and when the
wizard window opens, click on the Advanced button at bottom left -- you then
can set all the export specification parameters and save the spec as
whatever name you want. Then cancel the export and use the spec name in one
of the above methods.

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Ken Snell
MS ACCESS MVP

"Ben Jammin" wrote in message
...
Anyone know how to export a table to a text file and get
more than 2 decimals?

Thanks for the help.

I tried what you said but don't see any way to change the
decimals in the Advanced screen.

-----Original Message-----
Set up an export specification that specifies the decimal
format for the
field and then use that export spec in a macro
(TransferText) or VBA code
(DoCmd.TransferText).

You set up your spec by starting to do the export
manually, and when the
wizard window opens, click on the Advanced button at
bottom left -- you then
can set all the export specification parameters and save
the spec as
whatever name you want. Then cancel the export and use
the spec name in one
of the above methods.

--

Ken Snell
MS ACCESS MVP

"Ben Jammin" wrote
in message
...
Anyone know how to export a table to a text file and get
more than 2 decimals?


.

My oversight....that's what I get for doing things from memory!

Replace the field in your query with a calculated field that formats the
output the way you want for decimal points. For example, if I want 4 decimal
places:
OutputField: Format([FieldName], "0.0000")

--

Ken Snell
MS ACCESS MVP

"Ben Jammin" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the help.

I tried what you said but don't see any way to change the
decimals in the Advanced screen.

-----Original Message-----
Set up an export specification that specifies the decimal
format for the
field and then use that export spec in a macro
(TransferText) or VBA code
(DoCmd.TransferText).

You set up your spec by starting to do the export
manually, and when the
wizard window opens, click on the Advanced button at
bottom left -- you then
can set all the export specification parameters and save
the spec as
whatever name you want. Then cancel the export and use
the spec name in one
of the above methods.

--

Ken Snell
MS ACCESS MVP

"Ben Jammin" wrote
in message
...
Anyone know how to export a table to a text file and get
more than 2 decimals?


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