Making XLS files

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2 total messages Started by EBS Wed, 08 Aug 2001 11:11

Author: EBS
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 11:11

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Hi, Im writing an application witch outputs to an Excel file. Csv files just
dont cut it, I need to use XLS files. The app must be able to run on a bare
bones 95, no excel installed, so COM an simular technologies are not an
option. I would like the XLS file to be in th Excell 95 format.

Currently I use the Excel 2.1 format, but my dokumentation is limited, so I
cant even make this antient format work, Spesificly when I use frosen panes,
and include the folowing records: BOF, LABLE, WORD, NUMBER, WINDOW1,
WINDOW2, PANE, SELECTION, I get a damaged file error message in Excel(The
file opens correctly).

The information I'm intrested in is:
    Description of a newer File Format, preferably 95.
    In depth dokumentation of XLS 2.1, spesificly required records when
using PANE.

I hope someone can help me, in advanse: Thanks.

mvh EBS

Re: Making XLS files

Author: Tom Ogilvy
Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 12:13

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Here is some information:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q239/6/53.ASP
INFO: Support for the Microsoft Office Binary File Formats

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q150/4/47.asp
FILE: How to Create a BIFF5 File

http://support.microsoft.com/support/OfficeDev/storage.asp
Structured Storage and File Formats

http://www.wotsit.org/
ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg/
http://www.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de/~amueller/FF07.HTM


http://www.wotsit.org/

Regards,
Tom Ogilvy




"EBS" <espenbs@online.no> wrote in message
news:y99c7.4992$e%4.153720@news3.oke.nextra.no...
> Hi, Im writing an application witch outputs to an Excel file. Csv files
just
> dont cut it, I need to use XLS files. The app must be able to run on a
bare
> bones 95, no excel installed, so COM an simular technologies are not an
> option. I would like the XLS file to be in th Excell 95 format.
>
> Currently I use the Excel 2.1 format, but my dokumentation is limited, so
I
> cant even make this antient format work, Spesificly when I use frosen
panes,
> and include the folowing records: BOF, LABLE, WORD, NUMBER, WINDOW1,
> WINDOW2, PANE, SELECTION, I get a damaged file error message in Excel(The
> file opens correctly).
>
> The information I'm intrested in is:
>     Description of a newer File Format, preferably 95.
>     In depth dokumentation of XLS 2.1, spesificly required records when
> using PANE.
>
> I hope someone can help me, in advanse: Thanks.
>
> mvh EBS
>
>
>
>

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