Re using doc2html to process .xls files. > > > > I don't think it is quite so simple: doc2html.pl (and > > parse_doc and conv_doc) only use the "magic number" of the > > file to decide which utility to use for conversion. > > > > MS Word and Excel files can have the same magic number. > > Oh, yuck! > > > The easy solution is a separate conversion script for excel > > files. The sophisticated solution is a more advanced > > script which uses the information on MIME type passed to it. > > It shouldn't be too hard to patch doc2html to do look at argument no. 2, > the mime type. > I have started work on version 2.0 of doc2html which will make use the mime-type. I will need to test it for a while, so even if I don't get diverted to more urgent work it will be at elast a couple of weeks before I have anything to show. -- David J Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Computing Services University of Southampton ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the htdig mailing list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You will receive a message to confirm this.
