[Wtr-general] Excel Or Text File?

[Charley Baker]

Chris has some salient points. Another advantage of using a delimited file
that you can use through Excel is version control. Using a delimited file
makes it easier to diff and/or merge through Subversion or whatever your SCM
tool might be as opposed to using an Excel file.

-Charley

On 12/6/06, Chris McMahon <christopher.mcmahon at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On 12/6/06, Fletch <forum-watir-users at openqa.org> wrote:
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> > That is what I have at the minute, but I am under pressure to use a
> > Spreadsheet. I thought that the text file was a much better and more simple
> > idea.
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> There is a fair amount in the archives on this subject.
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> My own opinion is to use a spreadsheet when:
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> a) Stakeholders who are not in the code itself need to be made happy.
> This sounds like where you are right now.
> b) Data in the spreadsheet will be subject to substantial manipulation by
> non-programmers.
> c) Some feature of the spreadsheet software (i.e. macros) is important.
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> Have you considered the possibility of a delimited file that can be
> manipulated  by Excel? (I assume you're using Excel).  A delimited file
> gives you a lot of the presentation goodness of Excel, but is still easier
> to program than a real Excel spreadsheet.
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