Title: Excel File format (BIFF) Reader Description: Ever wanted to extract data from an Excel file without the use of a clunky Excel object? BEEF is a preliminary class for reading data from excel files. Based on OpenOffice documentation (included), BEEF can currently only read BIFF8/8X files. This is a beta app, and only basic data gathering is implemented. This file came from Planet-Source-Code.com...the home millions of lines of source code You can view comments on this code/and or vote on it at: http://www.Planet-Source-Code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=61368&lngWId=1 The author may have retained certain copyrights to this code...please observe their request and the law by reviewing all copyright conditions at the above URL.