I created a quite simple but large EXCEL-File with EXCEL2000 with a size of about 35MB. This file uses 4 XBAT-Blocks. When building the BAT-array from these XBAT-blocks I encountered a problem ( which arose the moment more then 1 XBAT-Blocks was needed ). It seems as if not all 128 integers in the block were holding indices of BAT-blocks but only the first 127 of them. The last integer ( at offset +1FC ) pointed to the next XBAT- Block. The same was true for the other XBAT-blocks as well. Thus the last integers of all XBAT-blocks formed a chain just like the one found in the BAT-Array with the last XBAT-Block having -2 as end-indicator while the other integers of all these blocks formed the extension of the BAT-Array.
Can anyone confirm the behavior mentionend above or is this an error on my side? If the previous were true, then the XBAT-Blocks would not necessarily have to be located in sequence as described in the documentation here http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/poifs/fileformat.html and the BAT-Array is only extended by 127 of the 128 integers in each XBAT-block. live long and prosper Stefan Schm�cker --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
