CSV Export of Library Data?

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Is it possible to get a CSV export of the column data contained within the FPE.fpx library file?

A CSV (or any delimited text file) makes it easy to use grep to find a specific part using any of the data available.  I know that there is a search within FPX, but I do find grep to be faster.

Thanks,
Billy

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Evenkeel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advanced User Joined: 13 Dec 2012 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 145	Post Options Post Reply Quote Evenkeel Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: CSV Export of Library Data? Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 2:40pm
	Is it possible to get a CSV export of the column data contained within the FPE.fpx library file? A CSV (or any delimited text file) makes it easy to use grep to find a specific part using any of the data available. I know that there is a search within FPX, but I do find grep to be faster. Thanks, Billy



Tom H Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 05 Jan 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Status: Offline Points: 5717	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom H Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 17 Dec 2012 at 2:45pm
	You can open any FPX file in Microsoft Excel and edit the file. Then select "ALL" and Copy / Paste into Notepad.exe and File > Save As .fpx and open the file in the PCB Footprint Expert. As long as the "Header" and "Column Attribute" names are in the proper place. I create a lot of my FPX file data in Excel because I like the editing features.

Tom H Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 05 Jan 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Status: Offline Points: 5717	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom H Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Dec 2012 at 9:01am
	Can you send us CSV samples so we can see the different formats? Maybe we can add a new "Export to CSV File" feature. Thanks!

Evenkeel Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advanced User Joined: 13 Dec 2012 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 145	Post Options Post Reply Quote Evenkeel Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Dec 2012 at 10:05am
	Thanks for the reply. I should have opened the FPX file with notepad just to explore. Since it is already in a text format, then grep will work very well without exporting from Excel to CSV (comma separated values). It is interesting to note that you use Excel as an editor. I will have to keep that in mind.