SYLK file format ?

[Andrew Kennard]

Hi all

I've saved a simple Excel spreadshet in SYLK and opened it in notepad. It
looks quite an 'easy' format

However I can't seem to find the 'specification' document for this file
format anywhere on the web ?

I would like to be able to generate these files from our application so
Excel can open them directly.

Yes I could use XML but want the file to be compatible with Excel 97 up and
it be able to open it without addin's/conversion etc

Alternativly is the 'native' xls format published ? ... I suspect it is
quite large !

Thanks

Andrew

 

[JE McGimpsey]

You might find this helpful:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYmbolic_LinK_(SYLK)

 

[Andrew Kennard]

Thanks that very useful !

If I put " in a column it seems to save and read back OK but says it may not
be compatible on save ?