Boud dropped me a note about this thread; I'm delighted to hear that someone else is working on any aspect of the MS Works format.
boud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Something else that may be useful - JesseW who edits the wikipedia has something > for dealing with the works database format - i don't know if this is already > in wps_test, since my wps document was just text, no DB stuff: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:JesseW/wdb_format - English description of > format. > > http://netwood.net/usr/jessw/msworks.py -> translates works db format to CSV > format: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSV > > As i said i haven't tested this. Hope it's useful for someone. My code handles the MS Works spreadsheet/database formats (they are distinct, but very similar). I'm not sure what versions it works with. It can pull out text cell contents, and some types of numbers (but not all; the floating point format is horribly un-obvious); for now, I've been simply outputing the result in CSV format, but if anyone is interested, I'd be totally open to adding OO output or something else. Someone mentioned they had a working copy of Works; I would be *really grateful* if they could hack up various test spreadsheets (i.e. the numbers from 1 to 20 in various numerical formats, text with various attributes (i.e. bold, etc...) or anything else you can think of) upload them and send me the URL. I'm desprate for more testing material. If it would be better, I can send detailed instructions. If anyone is interested in this, or has any pointers to other places/people I should contact, please let me know. Keep up the good work, everyone! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Libwpd-devel mailing list Libwpd-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libwpd-devel
