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Line feed within cell/ formatting within cell in Excel

Experts,

I have a search engine and it gives results in HTML. The results has to be dumped in EXcel sheet according to a certain format.

I have a small trial program that can be executed. This code prints data on seperate cells. How can I give line feed inside one single cell ? Please help me with the code and modifiy it so that I can get Line2 below line1 in a single cell. If this is not the right place to ask this question, please direct me to the right location.

Here is the code:

<%
Response.Expires = -1000

Const cDocFolderRoot = "virtual"
Const cDocFolderPath = "\data\doctemp\"

Dim oXLS, mXLSFile, mPathInternal, mPathVirtual

mXLSFile = getFileName(Session("UserID"))

Const cDocFolder = "\data\doctemp"
Const cXLSext = ".xls"

Dim thePath, theFile

mPathInternal = Server.MapPath("/" & cDocFolderRoot) & cDocFolderPath
mPathVirtual = cDocFolderRoot & Replace(cDocFolderPath, "\", "/")

' Use Office Web Components
Set oXLS = Server.CreateObject("OWC.Spreadsheet")

'!!! problem: Chr(10) or Chr(13) causing data to be written to the next cell down
oXLS.Cells(1, 1).Value = "Line1" & Chr(10) & "Line2"

'!!! problem: file not written if already exists
oXLS.ActiveSheet.Export mPathInternal & mXLSFile, 0

'!!! doesn't work - client not able to access file from internal map
' Response.Redirect mPathInternal & mXLSFile

Set oXLS = Nothing

Function getFileName(ByVal pDowID)
'
' return an Excel file name
'
getFileName = "ProdMix_" & getDateStamp(Date) & "_" & pDowID & cXLSext

End Function

Function getDateStamp(ByVal pDate)
'
' return date string in the form yyyy-mmm-dd
'
Dim yy, mm, dd

yy = Year(pDate)
mm = MonthName(Month(pDate), True)
dd = Day(pDate)
If dd < 10 Then dd = "0" & dd

getDateStamp = yy & "-" & mm & "-" & dd

End Function
%>

<html>
<body>

<h2>Excel Test</h2>

<a href="<%=mPathVirtual & mXLSFile %>">click here for spreadsheet</a>


 
Debug:
 
 
mPathInternal = <%=mPathInternal %> 
mPathVirtual = <%=mPathVirtual %> 
mXLSFile = <%=mXLSFile %> 


Refreshed: <%=Date() & " " & Time() %>

</body>
</html>

Ashley Bryant

You could build your HTML display to look exactly like the format is supposed to be in the excel file and just use Response.ContentType to tell the browser it is receiving an excel file instead of HTML.

<%
If Request.QueryString("display") = "excel" then
 Response.Expires = 0
 Response.Buffer = True
 Response.Clear
 Response.ContentType = "application/vnd.ms-excel"
End If
%>
<html>
<head>
 <title>Your page title</title>
</head>
<body>

<% If Not Request.QueryString("display") = "excel" then %>
<a href="pagename.asp?display=excel">Export to Excel</a>
<% End If %>

'build your table of search results here

</body>
</html>

Ashley Bryant

I should've been more clear there regarding the line feed issue. I personally don't know of a way to tell excel to use a line feed via character code or using a VB Carriage Return (vbCr). I do know that if you make an HTML table and have line breaks within your td tags, they will be treated as carriage returns in the exported excel file.

suran78

ASKER

I have done this already. The problem is I have to format lines in single cell.

So, it should look like this in single cell:
------------------
Line1 
Line2
------------------

With Html fomating I am getting
first cell:
line1
--------------------
next cell
line2

suran

Ashley Bryant

Alas, you are correct. My memory failed me. If you put a border on your table, you can see that the cell borders will be in the right place, but the items still show up in different cells.

Shailesh15

In excel VBA we can enter line feed as
Range("A1").Select
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "this is a test" & Chr(10) & "new line"

You need to activate the cell before inserting the line feed char (10).
In the same way ... you can try...
oXLS.Range("A1").Select
ActiveCell.FormulaR1C1 = "Line1" & Chr(10) & "Line2"

This is just a theory...good luck!

suran78

ASKER

Shailesh,

Thanks fo rreplying. I tried your code, the FormulaR1C1 is giving error.

Shailesh15

did you try value property?..
ActiveCell.Value = "this is a test" & Chr(10) & "new line"

I was expecting error while range selection!

suran78

ASKER

I am not getting any error by changing formulaR1C1 to value. But teh spreadsheet is not opening and I am not getting any result.

suran

suran78

ASKER

I tried
ActiveCell.Value = "this is a test" & Chr(10) & "new line"

The "new line" is still coming on next cell but not inside the single cell with "this is a test"

suran78

ASKER

I have got the answer, please check this out, if you are eager to know teh solution:

https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20959144/Line-feed-within-cell-formatting-within-cell-in-Excel.html

Thanks for replying and trying.
suran

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