File Exchange - How to open the file?

[tru_faith86]

Hi,

Since I got the email that Turbo Lister will no longer be supported, I a trying to figure out File Exchange.

I uploaded a file, and tried downloading it from File Exchange to open it, and all it does it opens up in a Notepad file! I watched some videos online and I know it should be open with something else, but I do not know what? Ebay does not offer an option to download the program like Turbo Lister was.. but just to sign up for it.

Please help!

[shipscript]

@tru_faith86 

I assume you are trying to download your own upload on this screen, where it says, "Download (Compressed)".

Those are two options: normal "Download" and "Compressed" download.

The "Download" will arrive in the same format as your upload. So if you uploaded a comma-delimited CSV, the download will also be a comma-delimited CSV. If you uploaded a tab-delimited CSV, you'll download a tab-delimited CSV.

The program used to open a file can be set in your browser and in your computer file associations.  Since you are running Turbo Lister, you are using a Windows Computer.

https://www.google.com/search?q=file+associations

https://www.google.com/search?q=browser+file+associations

Or, you can save the download to your desktop, right click, and "open with".  A spreadsheet file should be opened with a spreadsheet program like Excel. If you don't have Excel or Microsoft's MyOffice installed on your computer, there should be other open-source programs that perform the same spreadsheet functions, like OpenOffice and LibreOffice and 

When you upload a CSV to File Exchange, a response file will be returned with error messages.  That is the "Download" at the far right of this screenshot:

Turbo Lister will export a CSV file, but it may not be compatible with File Exchange. However, it may be a good starting point. Do you have an export CSV you could share? I'm working on a tool to help newbies convert to File Exchange and would like some raw data to work with.