unhd (Jonathan W Miner) (12/15/90)
I am writing a C application that needs to create a LOTUS 1-2-3 file. Currently, I create an ASCII file and import to Lotus, but I'ld like to create the file directly. It will be numeric data, real numbers. What is the file format? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Miner | I don't speak for UNH, and UNH does not jwm775@unhd.unh.edu | speak for me! (603)868-3416 | !! EMAIL until 15-Dec-90 !!
medici@dorm.rutgers.edu (Mark Medici) (12/18/90)
jwm775@uunet!unhd (Jonathan W Miner) writes: >I am writing a C application that needs to create a LOTUS 1-2-3 file. >Currently, I create an ASCII file and import to Lotus, but I'ld like >to create the file directly. It will be numeric data, real numbers. >What is the file format? Wiley Press (605 Third Avenue, NY, NY 10158) publishes several books on file formats for PC software by author Jeff Walden. I have the 1986 printing of "File Formats for Popular PC Software" that includes 1-2-3 1.x and 2.0. I would expect that a more recent version would cover 2.2 and higher. Lotus uses a complex format that is not easily explained. The above book, or one like it, will be your best reference.
john@newave.UUCP (John A. Weeks III) (12/19/90)
In article <1990Dec15.003135.5561@uunet!unhd> jwm775@unhd.unh.edu (Jonathan W Miner) writes: > I am writing a C application that needs to create a LOTUS 1-2-3 file. > What is the file format? Check your library or bookstore for a book called "File Formats For Popular PC Software". In general, file formats are not published by vendors, so this info is usually hard to find. Another source is a set of programmers libraries for the PC called "WKS Tools". This allows you to read and write 123 files simply by linking to a set of pre-compiled routines. -john- -- =============================================================================== John A. Weeks III (612) 942-6969 john@newave.mn.org NeWave Communications ...uunet!rosevax!tcnet!wd0gol!newave!john ===============================================================================