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Article #2485Sylk And Biff Format
From: Christian Kaiser
Date: Thu, 02 May 1991 08:28
Date: Thu, 02 May 1991 08:28
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> > can anyone give me informations about the Microsoft Symbolic
> > Link format
> > (SYLK) and the Microsoft Excel format (BIFF)?
>
> Well, check in Petzold's book in the chapter on the Clipboard and DDE.
> He doesn't mention the specifics, but he does mention some book by
> someone else that talks about all of those PC file formats. I would look
> it up myself, but someone is borrowing my copy of "Programming Windows."
You mean:
Jeff Walden, 'File Formats for Popular PC Software'.
I have the 'More File formats...' from the same author, and I guess it's ok for
that purpose. Anyway, someone stated these formats are described in 'Microsoft
Systems Journals' from a few years ago (88 or 89).
Bye!
Christian
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