Microsoft doesn't wish to publish information on its file formats any longer. So there isn't a 2002 version of the book. The book is no longer printed. 97 was the last version that had any documentation of the file format whatsoever. 2000/XP both use the exact same file format with a few minor records that don't serve any real purpose other than to make your spreadsheets less backward compatible (so no we don't write those out ;-) )
We strive for 97+ compatibility. If Microsoft were to add some new feature that was not backward compatible and we wanted to take advantage of it we'd have it toggle-able. I've thought about how we'd do this (if they seriously changed some things)...but we've got 2 more years to worry about that eh? Anyhow...don't stay up nights worrying about the differences between versions of excel on the file format level. It doesn't change much (or hasn't since 1995). -Andy On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 14:19, Dennis Doubleday wrote: > Does it have to be that version or will one for Excel 2002 work as well? > Do you want to stick with '97 so you aren't doing anything > non-backward-compatible? > > > > Thats all we do really. If you have the "Microsoft Excel 97 > > > Developer's kit" which is out of print but available from > > Amazon (used and cheap) it makes it easier. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- http://www.superlinksoftware.com - software solutions for business http://jakarta.apache.org/poi - Excel/Word/OLE 2 Compound Document in Java http://krysalis.sourceforge.net/centipede - the best build/project structure a guy/gal could have! - Make Ant simple on complex Projects! The avalanche has already started. It is too late for the pebbles to vote. -Ambassador Kosh -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
