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.xls exporting  
Written by giacomomarciani the 30 Sep 11 at 17:12. Global category: Import/Export. Already implemented
I would like to be able to export answers in .xls.
.txt export is useful, but .xls export should be better because it would permitt to elaborate personal statistics and spreadsheets!
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Solution #1: .xls exporting
Written by giacomomarciani the 30 Sep 11 at 17:12.
LimeSurvey should be made available in xls export.

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Export to tab-delimited format  
Written by tacman1123 the 23 Feb 11 at 20:45. Related project: 1.x all. Already implemented
Sometimes having a tab is an easier delimiter to deal with than a comma, since with commas you need to quote the output if it has a comma within the text, e.g. address2 might need to be "Washington, DC".

Having the option to set the delimiter would be the most flexible, since then people could choose | or tab or whatever they wanted. So it could be similar to Answers (immediately above it) where instead of "CSV Format" it could say "Delimited Format", then the boxes underneath could say "Comma, Tab, Other". And I guess there could be a checkbox with the option of quoting the strings as well.

I'm almost done coding this for my local copy, which I can check into a github repository if that will help.
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Solution #1: change code in exportresults.php
Written by tacman1123 the 23 Feb 11 at 20:45.
Replace the radio button line for csvdoc with what's below, and change the separator

// Delimited
$exportoutput.= "\n\t";
if (!function_exists('iconv'))

$exportoutput.=' checked="checked" ';


$exportoutput .= ""
.$clang->gT("Delimited File (All charsets)")."\n";

$exportoutput .= ""

."".$clang->gT("Comma-delimited")."";

$exportoutput .= ""

."".$clang->gT("Tab-delimited")."";

$exportoutput .= ""

."".$clang->gT("Delimited By")." ";


Change the $separator for case "csv" to


$separator=$_POST['csv_delim']
? $_POST['csv_delim']
: $_POST['custom_delim'];


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Shared Survey Exports  
Written by tbakry the 25 Feb 11 at 19:45. Global category: Import/Export. Already implemented
I am looking for surveys that other people have created that I might import into my system. It does not necessarily make sense to always reinvent the wheel. There are many applications of surveys where the questions will be quite similar if not the same. It would be very educational and a huge labor saver as well as enhance the LimeSurvey user community diversity and cohesiveness.

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Solution #1: Bulletin Board or Gallery to facilitate the sharing of exported Surveys
Written by tbakry the 25 Feb 11 at 19:45.
You could add a link into the import function that would allow you to browse limesurvey community shared surveys and import them into your server. You can also extend that to allow the submission of exported surveys from your system.


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