Re: PC file Layouts ??

["Daniel Gross" <dg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think there's book out called "PC Dateiformate" (German for "PC Fileformats").
Eventually there is a documentation of Microsoft Excels BIFF file format.

Bye

Daniel Gross

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Von: John Carr <74711.77@compuserve.com>
Datum: Mittwoch, 10. Dezember 1997 15:30
>Hi All
>
>Ok  I have working RPG programs that can READ from and WRITE to the IFS
>directly
>using API's  (Thanks Jon, Ray, and Ted).
>
>I can make/writeto  .TXT types and .CSV types and can Read from most any
>type.
>
>I would like to read a AS/400 data base file and "Drop" that info straight
>into an Excel  .XLS
>type file.  (I know what you're gonna say,  Good luck).    I have Read in a
>simple spread sheet
>with only 2 rows and 3 columns just to look at the stuff in debug as it was
>comming across.    Weird stuff.
>
>My question is;  does anyone know how to figure out the "File Layout" of
>various PC file types?
>Most importantly a .XLS spreadsheet type?
>
>It's like ""working with a program described file which only contains
>binary & alpha fields and you don't
>have the layout or manual""      I can reverse engineer what the different
>bytes are but it would take a
>lot of time.
>
>Anybody have a clue as to how to go about this??
>
>TIA
>
>BTW  the programs are really NEAT stuff.   I can read in a PF (which I have
>filled via a CPYFRMSPLF
> report.  and then write that stuff directly to a .TXT type file on the IFS
>directory  which then can be
>used by users to read or email(via attachments).    Neat stuff
>
>John Carr
>EdgeTech
>
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