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From: jamesd@percival.UUCP (James Deibele)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Looking for data format specs
Message-ID: <1472@percival.UUCP>
Date: 11 Mar 89 02:00:08 GMT
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In article <1426@mtunb.ATT.COM> dmt@mtunb.UUCP (Dave Tutelman) writes:
>In article <45900206@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> barnes@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>>
>>I need the specs to write Lotus, Excel, or DIF type data files.
>>Does anyone know of a book or where I can get such information?
>
>Yes!  I have a copy of a 1986 book (may have been updated since):
>
>	Jeff Walden,
>	"File Formats for Popular PC Software - A Programmer's Reference",
>	Wiley, 1986.
>	ISBN  0-471-83671-0
>
There's a second book in the series by the same author:
 
"More File Formats for Popular PC Software - A Programmer's Reference",
Wiley, 1987.
ISBN 0-471-85077-2

It's not as popular as the first book because the programs described haven't
done so well on the market:
	
	Volkswriter 3 v1.0
	Framework II V1.0/1.1
	Reflex 1.0/1.1
	Rich Text Format (Microsoft)
	SuperCalc 4 1.0/1.1
	Super Project Plus 2.0
	WordPerfect 4.1

(well, WP has done OK :-) ).

There hasn't been a third volume, nor do there seem to be plans for one.  If
anyone wanted to write a book, there doesn't seem to be a good source of info
on graphics formats (TIFF, PICT, PICT2, etc.) and that's a field where there's
only going to be more programs ...


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