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XLS format no longer recognized as is in Office 2007
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21/07/2008 15:15:32
 
 
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21/07/2008 14:06:20
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Forum:
ASP.NET
Category:
Other
Environment versions
Environment:
VB 8.0
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Database:
Visual FoxPro
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01332895
Message ID:
01332929
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9
>Since I have upgraded to Office 2007, whenever I try to open a document XLS that I have generated from .NET, I keep receiving this message:
>
>The file you are trying to open, 'Something.xls', is in a different format than specified by the file extension. Verify that the file is not corrupted and is from a trusted source before opening the file. Do you want to open the file now?
>
>If I answer yes, the file opens ok.
>
>Do I need to update my .NET environment to 2008 and recompile in order to have a XLS file generated by .NET to be ok once opened in Excel?

Apparently a .XLS generated by Excel 2007 is not quite the same as one generated by Excel 2003:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/954318
Regards. Al

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