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  1. Aug 27th, 2003, 05:09 AM #1
    nmcbride
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    Format cel in Excel

    Hi,
    When I retrieve a date type field from SQLServer and put it into Excel via VB it formats it in the number format. Anyone know the code to format it?
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  2. Aug 27th, 2003, 05:25 AM #2
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    It all depends on how you put it into Excel...

    the easiest way is to put a single quote ( ' ) in front of the cell text, as Excel will treat it as text and not attempt to format it.
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  3. Aug 27th, 2003, 05:28 AM #3
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    As said here before many times, if you're working with Excel and are not sure how to code something, start by recording a macro while manually doing what you want done [in your case formatting a cell]. Then just edit the macro to see the code for how it is done.
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