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- From: GHouck <hksys@teleport.com>
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- Subject: Re: Can C read spreadsheet cells?
- Date: 20 Apr 1996 08:21:46 GMT
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- berryb@bbs.ug.eds.com (High Plains GRIPster (TRW C.S.D.)) wrote:
- >Does anyone know of a C program that reads cell information
- >from a spreadsheet or database? (Lotus123, MS Approach).
- >I need to be able to pull strings from a defined cell.
- >Is there an association between the string and cell location
- >that C is able to read?
-
- Brett,
-
- Each spreadsheet vendor has their own proprietary data format for
- their programs. If you knew this format, you could certainly
- read the spreadsheets; however, since they tend to use fairly
- sophisticated techniques for storing a maximum amount of data
- in the smallest possible space, it is not likely to be trivial.
-
- I would suggest exporting the data to a more readable (and
- standard) format (e.g.: .DIF, .SIF, or ASCII comma-delimited, or
- even .DBF (dBase format)). You can find routines to handle
- something as complicated as DBF, and the various delimited
- text formats should not be much trouble at all.
-
- Yours, Geoff Houck
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