GTAP Resources: Frequently Asked Question Details

Subject:	FAQ
Question:	How to open, read, convert or copy the contents from a HAR file
Answer:	Download and install a program named viewhar.exe from: http://www.copsmodels.com/gpwingem.htm Open the HAR file, with this program viewhar.exe. You can now see the data on different headers, by doubleclicking each of them. You can copy the numbers from the HAR file to Excel by Export..Save Screen as CSV or Copy Screen to Clipboard and then pasting into Excel. If you want to convert this data into Excel readable form in entirety, you will have to use a program named HAR2CSV, which is also freely available at: http://www.copsmodels.com/gpmark9.htm Particularly look at bonus.txt for more details on them: http://www.copsmodels.com/ftp/gpextra/bonus.txt You need to be a bit familiar with DOS prompt to use this utility, so if you find step 4 convenient, please do it that way. To learn DOS environment just enough to handle this stuff, you might want to consider going through parts of the following document and exercises. Though these are meant for a different purpose and audience, I’ve often found them useful for anyone who wants to learn to work in DOS environment for some fairly simple tasks: http://www.gtap.agecon.purdue.edu/resources/res_display.asp?RecordID=2850
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Date Added:	7/20/2011

Created: Batta, G. (7/20/2011)
Updated: Batta, G. (4/22/2024)

Last Modified: 1/31/2020 12:41:51 PM

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