parsing XLS files

> It looks like the from-xls-converter processor can only convert to
> XML excel files tagged by the file creator. I am not in control of
> the XLS file that I need to convert to XML - will this OPS converter
> be of any use for me?
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> Alexander,
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> That's correct, the Excel template file need to have markers in the
> cell attributes that tell the processor where the data comes from.
> With the Excel processor, as it stands right now, you cannot say "put
> the value 42 in cell B4".
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> You can extend the processor by modifying its Java code to do that,
> or, and that would be my preference, you can implement another
> processor to do what you are looking for.
>
> Alex
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> On 7/12/06, Alexander Zatko <[hidden email]> wrote:
>> It looks like the from-xls-converter processor can only convert to
>> XML excel files tagged by the file creator. I am not in control of
>> the XLS file that I need to convert to XML - will this OPS converter
>> be of any use for me?
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