I thought that might be the case. It may be that I can
decipher the binary numbers when I see them which is why
I'm still trying.

Dave

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"dave" wrote in message
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Thanks for all your help. What I'm trying to do is move
some data stored as an OLE object from access to excel
in
the hope that I'll be able to view it as numerical
values
which is what I think it is. The data comes directly
from
a machine which measures the height of water in 48
separate glasses. At the moment all I see is "long
binary
data" in the field dbf_messdaten.

Dave


Long binary data is unlikely to be simple numeric values.
Typically this type is used to store binary files such
as images.

You really need to know the data format before you
can make a sensible use of it.

Keith


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