turicas/rows

Cannot read section info

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#64 opened on Sep 7, 2015

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Description

  • When I export xls with rows and then use program file to see headers results are: Composite Document File V2 Document, Cannot read section info

  • Otherwise when I run program file against xls generated by Libreoffice results show more information:

    Composite Document File V2 Document, Little Endian, Os: Windows, Version 1.0, Code page: -535, Revision Number: 1, Total Editing Time: 00:24, Create Time/Date: Mon Sep 7 17:51:50 2015, Last Saved Time/Date: Mon Sep 7 17:52:13 2015

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Research direction
Investigate the xls export code in the rows library to understand how the file header is generated. Compare with a valid xls file generated by LibreOffice to identify missing or incorrect header fields.
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python
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backenddata
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PythonBasic understanding of xls file format
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