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- From: JOHN.OLSEN@AppleLink.Apple.COM (Olsen, John D,APD)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.oop.macapp3
- Subject: Re: Saving in Excel format?
- Message-ID: <725584787.0207245@AppleLink.Apple.COM>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 23:09:00 GMT
- Sender: daemon@Apple.COM
- Organization: AppleLink Gateway
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- Hi,
-
- I have recently begun to deal with this problem myself.
-
- First get the MS Excel SDK from Microsoft or your local Computer Literacy et.
- al. (if you are lucky enough to live near one).
-
- Second decide what you want to do -- if all you want is to import _DATA_ (i.e.,
- no formulas, formating, etc...) then it is easy to handle via the type/creator.
- If you want to get more complex then dig into the BIFF section (Binary
- Interchange File Format) and get ready to byt swap everything since the default
- is DOS/Intel file format with the bytes reversed.
-
- The SDK is very typical of Microsoft -- fairly complete reference but no good
- examples to tie it all together. They do include a disk but the last version I
- had did not deal with BIFF at all (I had the last beta before final and have
- not yet gotten my final.)
-
- Good luck,
-
- John.Olsen
-
-