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gromit95
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Feb 3, 2009, 05:47 PM
 
i have 5 price books in excel format 2002 to 2007
i want to build an app that will look up a part number in each price book
and display by year and line in a window.
example
year part number description cost list activity code

2002 01012688 gasket rubber .25 1.25 a
2003 01012688 gasket rubber .30 1.50 a
etc etc

needs to be web based or xp compatible

thanks fred
     
Laminar
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Location: Iowa, how long can this be? Does it really ruin the left column spacing?
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Feb 3, 2009, 06:21 PM
 
I'm sure you could build an Excel sheet (or VBA script) to handle this.
     
gromit95  (op)
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Feb 3, 2009, 06:32 PM
 
the people i'm making this for are excel access handicapped.
i dont want it program dependent
fred
     
mduell
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Feb 3, 2009, 07:10 PM
 
Combine the excel files into one spreadsheet and then export as HTML.
     
gromit95  (op)
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Feb 3, 2009, 07:19 PM
 
ok
then what?
how do i look up a number?
     
besson3c
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Feb 3, 2009, 07:21 PM
 
Does the information need to be searchable? If so, Excel -> MySQL -> home grown search interface
     
gromit95  (op)
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Feb 3, 2009, 09:44 PM
 
Isn't there some kind of program that will let export an access file to a exe program??
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