I haven't looked at the code myself but I imagine it's using file header data to determine what it is. Similar in general concept to UNIX file's magic number tests.
That might be wrong but it's an educated guess :). - Brian On 3/23/05 3:35 PM, "Jaime Chang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > How does OpenOffice know what program to load for a specific microsoft > office document? > > I know it's not using the file extensions because I changed some of the > excel documents extensions to word extensions and OpenOffice was still > able to load them with the right application. > > I don't think is using the unix "file" command since it always returns > application/msword mime type for all microsoft office documents. > > Can anybody please give me some explanation of how OpenOffice might be > handling > the above scenario. > > Thanks in advance, > > Jimmy > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
