graves@west44.UUCP (Tim Graves) (06/14/84)
Does any one out there know the format of the
LOTUS 123 spreadsheet Data Interchange Files ?
The reason I ask is that the company I was working for
last easter have 2 pc's and an IBM main frame. They
also have software for the pc to enable it to connect
up to the mainframe as a terminal and to run a disk simulator
this the pc's end up with a viortual diskette on the mainframe.
All well so far. The problem is that now they want transfer
spreadsheets from a spreadsheet package on the mainframe
(They know the format of this spreadsheet) down to the pc's
where they want to convert it to 123 spreadsheets. There is a
program which is part of 123 which reads files in a format called
DIF (Data Interchange Files) and converts them to 123 spreadsheets.
They are now stuck with the difficulty that they cant find any info
on DIF files. LOTUS (UK) say they don't know and I couldn't get in
touch with LOTUS (USA) . The format of the 123 spreadsheet is
proprietary info but the format of the DIF files should be public
domain ( I hope ). Could anyone with any info / suggestions
mail me please
Tim Graves
mcvax
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vax135 hou3bdavidy@ism780.UUCP (06/21/84)
#R:west44:-23600:ism780:12800005:000:220 ism780!davidy Jun 12 22:01:00 1984 Data Interchange Format was introduced by Visicorp, and I beleive that they sell the information for a minimal fee. VisiCorp 2895 Zanker Rd. San Jose, CA 95134 Tel. 408-946-9000 --davidy ima!ism780!davidy