Bummer - it was worth suggesting but you'd already been there Looks like you may be into using a hex editor (See http://www.hhdsoftware.com)
and tweaking the internals of the file well - a copy of it that is! after you find an explanation of the .xls file format (See http://sc.openoffice.org/excelfileformat.pdf) Consider sections such as 6.42 --> 6.112 The real problem is that you need to find, and correct/adjust whatever is stopping excel ( or better OpenOffice) from opening the file --------------------- One other thing - try saving a copy of the file with a Dos (8.3) format name in C:\Temp and processing that JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Pete Holsberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 10:54 PM Subject: Re: Read-only XLS file??? > James Button wrote: > > >Ah! > > > >Now we know your real problem - > > > >Not so much that your copy of the file cannot be opened > >More that there is no other 'Valid' copy > > > > > >In That case you could try OpenOffice > >that manages to open, and process many files that Excel considers corrupt, > >or unreadable > > > v2.0 beta couldn't open it either. > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? > http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html > If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
