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Why dont you use commas to separate fields in the data logs?

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Why dont you use commas to separate fields in the data logs?

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VAD Mobile is designed for international use. Some parts of the world use a comma instead of a period as a decimal point. The decimal points in data values would then look like field separators corrupting the data. Semi-colons are safer because no region uses them as decimal points. CONVERTING MEMO PAD LOG FILES TO MS EXCEL: • Log data from a selected measuring block. As the data is being logged, it automatically saved to the Memo Pad on the PDA • Perform a Hot Sync from the PDA to your PC. All contents of the memo Pad will be transferred. Individual logs will show as line listings on the Palm Desktop • Click on the individual logs to view them • Copy the existing information into notepad, and save as a text (.txt) file • Open MS Excel, and then open the text file • When asked what the type of data is, choose “delimited”. Then click Next • Under the “delimiters” heading, select “Semi-Colon” and deselect “Tab”. Then click Next, then Finish to complete the process • Adjust the width of t

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