From: lintux AT dds DOT nl (Wilmer van der Gaast) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: MS Excel File format? Date: 19 Jan 2000 22:50:41 GMT Organization: WorldOnline - The Internet Communication Company Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <388626BD DOT 2EA5227C AT greenbelt DOT com> NNTP-Posting-Host: vp177-183.worldonline.nl X-Trace: nereid.worldonline.nl 948389977 6239 195.241.177.183 (20 Jan 2000 17:39:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster AT worldonline DOT nl NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Jan 2000 17:39:37 GMT User-Agent: slrn/0.9.5.4 (UNIX) To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Wed, 19 Jan 2000 16:03:57 -0500, Ed James wrote: > I don't suppose anyone can give me a clue where I can find file format > docs for Excel, either version 2.1, 3 or 4? I'm doing a program that > generates an Excel file "on-the-fly" to be sent to another system and > opened by Excel. Microsoft's site itself has not been particularly > useful. TIA I don't think Microsoft has released thos specs, at least not for free. But you can try to generate a simple TAB table, not a flashy layout, but Excel should be able to import that. -- Wilmer van der Gaast (lintux AT dds DOT nl) ICQ 55707076 Hi, I'm a signature virus. plz set me as your signature and help me spread :)