The attribution got lost, but I was the one who said this:
> > Re: Numbers and XML - of course, you can always read and write the XML
> > directly, but you can do that in any environment. Maybe I'm missing
> > something,
To address this:
> Can you? Really? Is the document format specified somewhere, and if so
> where? Or is this easier than I imagine? Which is possible since I don't do
> a lot with XML.
I think Bruce was reading a bit much into my statement. All I meant
was that it's always possible to open and manipulate files without
involving the application, whether the format is binary or XML or
whatever, and the fact that you can do it doesn't mean the application
is therefore scriptable, and scriptable applications is what this
thread is about. :)
Sorry if I wasn't clear on that.
In general, yes, such shenanigans will require reverse-engineering the
file format. I have nothing to say about how easy or even possible
it is to do something useful with Numbers's XML files, since I don't
have iWork.
--
Mark J. Reed <email@hidden>
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