SYLK file format ?
Hi all
I've saved a simple Excel spreadshet in SYLK and opened it in notepad. It looks quite an 'easy' format However I can't seem to find the 'specification' document for this file format anywhere on the web ? I would like to be able to generate these files from our application so Excel can open them directly. Yes I could use XML but want the file to be compatible with Excel 97 up and it be able to open it without addin's/conversion etc Alternativly is the 'native' xls format published ? ... I suspect it is quite large ! Thanks Andrew |
SYLK file format ?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYmbolic_LinK_%28SYLK%29 In article , "Andrew Kennard" wrote: Hi all I've saved a simple Excel spreadshet in SYLK and opened it in notepad. It looks quite an 'easy' format However I can't seem to find the 'specification' document for this file format anywhere on the web ? I would like to be able to generate these files from our application so Excel can open them directly. Yes I could use XML but want the file to be compatible with Excel 97 up and it be able to open it without addin's/conversion etc Alternativly is the 'native' xls format published ? ... I suspect it is quite large ! Thanks Andrew |
SYLK file format ?
Thanks that very useful !
If I put " in a column it seems to save and read back OK but says it may not be compatible on save ? "JE McGimpsey" wrote in message ... You might find this helpful: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYmbolic_LinK_%28SYLK%29 In article , "Andrew Kennard" wrote: Hi all I've saved a simple Excel spreadshet in SYLK and opened it in notepad. It looks quite an 'easy' format However I can't seem to find the 'specification' document for this file format anywhere on the web ? I would like to be able to generate these files from our application so Excel can open them directly. Yes I could use XML but want the file to be compatible with Excel 97 up and it be able to open it without addin's/conversion etc Alternativly is the 'native' xls format published ? ... I suspect it is quite large ! Thanks Andrew |
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