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Hello everybody,
Checking with an hex editor several XL sample files, I have found that record
BOF, BIFF8, which is used by XL 97,2000 & XP, contains the following data (little
endian):
09 08 Identifier
10 00 Size of record (16 bytes)
00 06 version
05 00 workbook globals
XX XX build identifier
XX XX build year
XX XX XX XX file history flags
*** 06 01 00 00 lowest excel version that can read all records in
this file
In the last field is encoded the version of Excel able to open the document
without problems. If this field is
06 01 00 00
then the file can be opened by Excel 8.0(Excel 97). If it contains
06 02 00 00
then the file needs Excel 9.0 (Excel 2000). I haven't found the value for Excel 10.0
(XP), but as soon as I found it, I will inform you.
If the file is Excel 95, the it's BIFF 7, and the format for record BOF is
slightly different, as stated by OpenOffice document.
Thanks a lot by your help guys!
Eugenio Vargas
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