Re: Read Office Files from C++.

From:

Victor Bazarov <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net>

Newsgroups:

comp.lang.c++

Date:

Mon, 19 May 2008 10:13:04 -0400

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<g0s1tf$hp9$1@news.datemas.de>

Pascal J. Bourguignon wrote:

Victor Bazarov <v.Abazarov@comAcast.net> writes:

miztaken wrote:

I want to read my Office Files (DOC,XLS and PPT) files using ole32.dll
and C++ or C++.NEt.
[..]
So can any one please help me get the info i need.
[..]

What you need is to post to the right newsgroup. Please look for any
newsgroup with .ole. in its name, preferably also with 'microsoft' in
it. Your problem has really nothing to do with the C++ *language* and
everything to do with the way Microsoft organizes its document files.

Well, clc++ is ok.
Just start with:

#include <fstream>

ifstream officeFile;
officeFile.open("test.doc",ifstream::in);
while(officeFile.good()){
doSomethingWithNextMSWordByte(officeFile.get());
}
officeFile.close();

Then we could discuss how we could represent with C++ classes a
structured document, etc..

I believe the OP was trying to reuse what MS has already implemented for
reading their own files. Most likely there are APIs for accessing parts
of the MS Office-specific formats. (not to doubt that it's all possible
to do in plain C++ if the format layout is known and available)

V
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