Excel Problem

[natemclain]

Is there away I can open a MS Works file from within Excel?
I know it will open Works 2.0 files but it doesn't seem to open any other format of Works? Im trying to convert a spreadsheet over to Excel but don't have Works anymore to try and save it as a different format. Does anyone know where I can get a add on or stand alone converter to convert the Works file to .xls format? I use Excel 2000.

Thanks

Nate

 

[DCCoolBreeze]

If you cannot find a converter or the data structure of the file, you can read the file as a binary file. If you know what several records contain, then read the file as binary and see how the data is stored. Then write a program that reads the file as a binary files and extract the data to a comma or tabl dliminated file. Finally import the delimited file into excel.

one application that can read and then display a file in binary format is TextPad at

http://www.textad.com