Re: parsing files and saving to other formats
Re: parsing files and saving to other formats
- Subject: Re: parsing files and saving to other formats
- From: Ken Tozier <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 16:24:56 -0500
On Mar 14, 2004, at 12:38 PM, cauri wrote:
new to cocoa.
Hello all,
I've got three questions:
1) What is the best way find out about the file structure of different
file types, such as an excel file or a even a less known format like a
final draft file? Does an accepted procedure or centralised resource
exist to find this information? Does one just write to the
manufacturer?
For many different file types, I've found this site useful:
http://www.wotsit.org/
2) What is the best way to parse these files in order to import the
information into a cocoa app? Do I write a parser? How does this work?
3) What is the best way to save to these other formats for
compatibility? What tools exist to assist in making this happen?
For Word, Excell etc... it's best to use already written code as MS
file formats are EXTREMELY complicated. Try here (KDE.org site) for
starters:
http://developer.kde.org/source/codebrowsing.html
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