Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated? (2008)

Re:Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated?... by ourmandave on Sunday September 11, 2016 @01:14AM (#12472092)

I use Java RMI to connect AIX to W2K3 running a service that uses Jacob COM to call Excel. It reads a CSV file off a Samba share on the AIX box and saves back an XLS.

The lock file is on the AIX side because Win files aren't atomic.

It's a bit Rube Goldberg-ish and has low traffic, but it's rock solid.

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Re:Why are the Microsoft Office file formats so complicated?... by taspeotis on Sunday September 11, 2016 @02:02AM (#12472194)

That seems ... unnecessary. CSV and XLS parsing are built into Windows.

https://www.connectionstrings.com/microsoft-jet-ole-db-4-0/s...

https://www.connectionstrings.com/microsoft-text-odbc-driver...

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