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Re: [pyxl] Re: Status of XLRD reading .xlsx (Excel 2007)

John Machin <sjmac...@lexicon.net>

On 25/06/2009 11:16 AM, Daniel Burke wrote:

> xlsx files are zip archives with xml files in them, you can read them
> with your favorite DOM parser if you're impatient.

Yes, dead easy, might want to have a quick flick through the docs though:

http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm

BTW, you need 1st edition (2006) for Excel 2007, not 2nd edition (2008)