I was under the impression that there were legal problems with OOo
opening protected Excel files. I guess I was wrong.
Marc DVer
Paul wrote:
On Apr 12, 2005 1:17 PM, Marc DVer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
An xls file that has any kind of password protection still uses some
kind of encryption,
Not true. Refer :http://www.tech-faq.com/excel-password-recovery.shtml
though in this case Excel decrypts it such that
anyone can see the data. Because of this, the code needed to handle a
password protected file of this sort would still be proprietary to
Microsoft. Hence, the file still needs to have its password removed
prior to OOo being able to handle it.
Again not true. M$ utilise industry standard encryption methods.
Therefore as long as the user supplies the currect password, the
algorithms that are in the open can be utilised to display the
contents to the user. For those interested and to compare with M$
Office encryption, OOo utilises 128 blowfish for encryption.
OOo2.0 enables easier handling of M$ files that have passwords.
Marc Dver
Kim Streten wrote:
I also have an xls file which gives me the Read error - This file is
password-protected but it dosent require a password in excell to open
it. - I have exell on my wifes computer and it opens OK there but not
on my machine with OOo
Kim
Steve Kopischke wrote:
Excel workbook has a password on it. Therefore, OOo cannot open the
file. If you can edit the file in Excel first, remove the password
and save again before trying to open it in OOo.
I have an Excel workbook that will not open in OpenOffice. It
gives me an
error. It's says "Read error" This file is password-protected
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