Add support for reading XLM (Macro Sheet) files#724
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I should say I've added a bunch more missing BIFF codes from the MS-XLS Spec and from Open Office spec. I'm pretty sure that BIFF2 column/row widths/heights aren't being read either. |
This was referenced Jun 16, 2026
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These are described by a
BIFFTYPEof0x0040. We can take the same approach as for Worksheets. Both have a globals stream - see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/office_file_formats/ms-xls/0dddd943-f77a-4fc2-bf92-868acb4587f7I was able to fire up Excel 2.0 on a VM and create an example file.
I can't add the file directly as GitHub doesn't allow XLM attachments, but they are in a zip file attached.
Files.zip