Hi ,

In my case i am getting excle filr from SAP in my out look mail box directly.
when i am trying to open the file i am getting below message

The file is not in a recognizable format

€¢ If you know the file is from another program which is incompatible with
Microsoft excel click cancel, then open this file in its original
application. If you want to open the file later in Microsoft excel. Save it
in a format that is compatible, such as text format.
€¢ If you suspect the file is damaged, click help for more information about
solving the problem.
€¢ If you still want to see what text is contained in the file, click OK.
Then click finish in the text import wizard

so i just want to confirm . is this message is providing by excle to avoid
external threat.

is this message is providing by excle to avoid external threat.

Most likely the reason Excel cannot open the file is just what it said:

The file is not in a recognizable format

It's either a corrupted Excel file, a version it cannot read (i.e., Excel
2007) or not an Excel file at all despite its name.

--
Jim
"Amit Kulkarni" <Amit wrote in message
...
| Hi ,
|
| In my case i am getting excle filr from SAP in my out look mail box
directly.
| when i am trying to open the file i am getting below message
|
| The file is not in a recognizable format
|
| . If you know the file is from another program which is incompatible with
| Microsoft excel click cancel, then open this file in its original
| application. If you want to open the file later in Microsoft excel. Save
it
| in a format that is compatible, such as text format.
| . If you suspect the file is damaged, click help for more information
about
| solving the problem.
| . If you still want to see what text is contained in the file, click OK.
| Then click finish in the text import wizard
|
| so i just want to confirm . is this message is providing by excle to avoid
| external threat.
|
|

hi,
possibly not. I have not worked with sap in about 6-7 years so things may
have change but when i did work with sap, sap export data as a flat file ie
plain ascii text.
i suspect that whoever is emailing you the "sap data" is importing it into
an application they have and emailing their application file which excel
doesn't recognize.

my guess.
regards
FSt1

"Amit Kulkarni" wrote:

Hi ,

In my case i am getting excle filr from SAP in my out look mail box directly.
when i am trying to open the file i am getting below message

The file is not in a recognizable format

€¢ If you know the file is from another program which is incompatible with
Microsoft excel click cancel, then open this file in its original
application. If you want to open the file later in Microsoft excel. Save it
in a format that is compatible, such as text format.
€¢ If you suspect the file is damaged, click help for more information about
solving the problem.
€¢ If you still want to see what text is contained in the file, click OK.
Then click finish in the text import wizard

so i just want to confirm . is this message is providing by excle to avoid
external threat.

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the reply.
I am getting this message while openng the excle file.
About excle ,we are using excle 2003. May be its not an excle file at all
dispite its name

Thanks

Amit

"Jim Rech" wrote:

is this message is providing by excle to avoid external threat.

Most likely the reason Excel cannot open the file is just what it said:

The file is not in a recognizable format

It's either a corrupted Excel file, a version it cannot read (i.e., Excel
2007) or not an Excel file at all despite its name.

--
Jim
"Amit Kulkarni" <Amit wrote in message
...
| Hi ,
|
| In my case i am getting excle filr from SAP in my out look mail box
directly.
| when i am trying to open the file i am getting below message
|
| The file is not in a recognizable format
|
| . If you know the file is from another program which is incompatible with
| Microsoft excel click cancel, then open this file in its original
| application. If you want to open the file later in Microsoft excel. Save
it
| in a format that is compatible, such as text format.
| . If you suspect the file is damaged, click help for more information
about
| solving the problem.
| . If you still want to see what text is contained in the file, click OK.
| Then click finish in the text import wizard
|
| so i just want to confirm . is this message is providing by excle to avoid
| external threat.
|
|

Hi,
But i am getting that file as an excle file in my mail.

"FSt1" wrote:

hi,
possibly not. I have not worked with sap in about 6-7 years so things may
have change but when i did work with sap, sap export data as a flat file ie
plain ascii text.
i suspect that whoever is emailing you the "sap data" is importing it into
an application they have and emailing their application file which excel
doesn't recognize.

my guess.
regards
FSt1

"Amit Kulkarni" wrote:

Hi ,

In my case i am getting excle filr from SAP in my out look mail box directly.
when i am trying to open the file i am getting below message

The file is not in a recognizable format

€¢ If you know the file is from another program which is incompatible with
Microsoft excel click cancel, then open this file in its original
application. If you want to open the file later in Microsoft excel. Save it
in a format that is compatible, such as text format.
€¢ If you suspect the file is damaged, click help for more information about
solving the problem.
€¢ If you still want to see what text is contained in the file, click OK.
Then click finish in the text import wizard

so i just want to confirm . is this message is providing by excle to avoid
external threat.

On Apr 15, 2:42*pm, Amit Kulkarni
wrote:
Hi,
But i am getting that file as an excle file in my mail.



"FSt1" wrote:
hi,
possibly not. I have not worked with sap in about 6-7 years so things may
have change but when i did work with sap, sap export data as a flat file ie
plain ascii text.
i suspect that whoever is emailing you the "sap data" is importing it into
an application they have and emailing their application file which excel
doesn't recognize.

my guess.
regards
FSt1

"Amit Kulkarni" wrote:

Hi ,

In my case i am getting excle filr from SAP in my out look mail box directly.
when i am trying to open the file i am getting below message

*The file is not in a recognizable format

• If you know the file is from another program which is incompatible with
Microsoft excel click cancel, then open this file in its original
application. If you want to open the file later in Microsoft excel. Save it
in a format that is compatible, such as text format.
• If you suspect the file is damaged, click help for more information about
solving the problem.
• If you still want to see what text is contained in the file, click OK.
Then click finish in the text import wizard

*so i just want to confirm . is this message is providing by excle to avoid
external threat.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Hi,

Perhaps your file is damaged, if you need to recover your file, you
may try a tool called Advanced Excel Repair. I have used it to repair
many corrupt Excel xls files successfully. Its homepage is
http://www.datanumen.com/aer/ Hope this helps.

Alan