>>>In order to do that you'll have to use automation and process one cell at a time.
>>>It maybe be possible to apply strconv to the result of import but I'm not sure.
>>> The STRCONV() itself is documented in the help pretty well.
>>>
>>>>You mention using strconv - can you show me how to use it to convert from Unicode (Excel) to codepage 1251
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>>Yes I had worked out that I would need to convert 1 cell at a time but I must be making a mistake with the strconvert
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>>My code is
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>>newchars=strconv(a,10,1251,1)
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>>where a is an excel cell with a value of Присяжнюк Александр
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>>Can you help please
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>>Thanks
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>>Colin
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>It should be 6 not 10

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