xlHtml(1) xlHtml xlHtml(1)
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NAME
xlHtml - A program for converting Microsoft Excel Files .xls
SYNOPSIS
xlHtml [-nc][-a]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page explains the xlHtml program. The program xlHtml is
used to convert Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet files into either html or
tab delimitted ASCII. The program can be interfaced with helper
scripts for viewing email attachments. Most use of this program is
through the helper scripts and one would probably rarely resort to
using the commandline interface.
OPTIONS
-nc tells it not to colorize the output.
-a aggressively optimize html by removing </TR> </TD> or
VALIGN="bottom" Some older browsers may not display properly in
this mode.
-fw suppress formula warnings about accuracy
-bc Override the background color. e.g. -bg808080 for gray
-tc Override the text color. e.g. -tcFF0000 for red
-bi Use background image. e.g. -bi/home/httpd/icon/tar.gif
-c Centers the tables horizontally
-te Trims empty rows & columns at the edges of a worksheet
-v Prints program version
-m No encoding for multibyte
-asc Ascii out of -dp and extraction data (-x?)
-dp Dump page count and max columns and rows per page
-xp Page for extraction (zero based)
-xc Columns (separated by a dash) for extraction (zero based)
-xr Rows (separated by a dash) to be extracted (zero based)
An example of the extraction command line is: xlHtml -fw -asc
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-xp:0 -xr:2-6 -xc:0-1 Test.xls
The extraction output is: Formatted output of cells by column
left to right, columns separated by a tab, end of row is: 0x0A,
end of file:
NOTES
To interface to Netscape Navigator: first locate the help scripts
nsxlview & nsopen. Go into the Edit Preferences dialog box. Click on
the Navigator Category and hilight the Applications menu item. Look
for Microsoft Excel Worksheet. If you don't see it create one. The
MIME type should be: application/vnd.ms-excel The suffixes should
be: xls,xlt,xlm,xld,xla,xlc,xlw,xll In the handled by section of the
dialog box, check the Application checkbox and set the path to
wherever the nsxlview helper script is located and pass a %s argument.
For example, if nsxlview is located in /usr/local/bin, then you would
put:
/usr/local/bin/nsxlview %s
in the Application path box.. (As a side note, make sure the nsxlview
script can find the xlHtml program or it won't work.) Click on the OK
and you are done. You should be able to use the Test.xls file that is
distributed with the program to verify its configured correctly.
AUTHOR
Steve Grubb
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