Re: Reading Excel File Version from Java

[Mike Silvers]

This example will read the file into a string buffer.  You could adapt to whatever you would like to do with the data as it is read.  Hope this helps.   Mike       String filepathname = new String("thisisthefilename.xls");        File uploadedfile = new File(filepathname.trim()); StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();   try {     BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(uploadedfile));     String stringline = null;       while ((stringline = br.readLine()) != null) {         sb.append(stringline);         }     } catch (IOException e) {     }         ----- Original Message ----- From: Hari Puthalapat To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 12:00 PM Subject: Reading Excel File Version from Java Hi Group, Could some one tell me on how could I read the excel version used to create the excel file(like Excel XP, Excel 2000, Excel 97, Excel 95) from java. Thanks, Hari.