DSI, your note above regarding using the Print command to print data to a .txt file and using the Shell command to view the file worked well. I used Notepad to open and view the text file. However, the only way it worked was if the the name of the file to be opened was included in the Shell...
Any guidance as to where one can obtain values for deck shear strength parallel to the flutes ? Most of the published tables that I have seen for steel deck diaphragms seem to cover the more conservative case of diaphragm shear perpendicular to the flutes.
