Revision as of 22:43, 6 August 2009

Numbers import for plain text files

Abstract

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Detailed Specification

Modified CSV import options dialog with new controls.

Import options dialog for HTML import.

Language

Language (and regions in case the language is associated with multiple regions) determines how the number strings are parsed during import. If the language option is set to Default (in the CSV Options dialog) or Automatic (in the HTML Import Options dialog), Calc will use the language that OOo uses globally. If the language option is set to a specific language, that language will be used when parsing numbers.

Detect special numbers

When this option is enabled, Calc will automatically detect all number formats, including special number formats such as dates. The selected language influences how such special numbers are detected, since different languages and regions many have different conventions for dates, time, and other special numbers.

When this option is disabled, Calc will detect and convert decimal numbers only while the rest will be imported as texts. A decimal number string can have digits 0-9, thousands separators (aka group separators), and a decimal separator. Thousands separators and decimal separators may vary with the selected language and region.

Please specify how numbers in scientific notation are treated. (and remove this comment then) Regina 22:43, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

Quoted field as text (CSV import only)

When this option is enabled, fields or cells whose values are quoted in their entirety (i.e. the first and last characters of the value equal the text delimiter character specified in the same dialog) are imported as texts no matter what their contents are.

Migration

N/A

Configuration

This feature introduces the following new configuration nodes under the Calc/Dialogs/CSVImport node path, to persistently store the states of controls in the CSV import options dialog.

File Format

N/A

Open Issues