Microsoft KB Archive/195237

= LABEL Doc Error in MS Excel 97 Developer's Kit =

Article ID: 195237

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

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 * MSPRESS Microsoft Excel 97 Developer's Kit ISBN 1-57231-498-2

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This article was previously published under Q195237



SUMMARY
On page 325 of the "Microsoft Excel 97 Developer's Kit", the documentation for the LABEL record is incomplete and misleading. This article contains the clarification of that documentation.



MORE INFORMATION
The documentation on page 325 shows the structure of a LABEL record to be the following:   Offset     Name     Size     Contents -

4       rw        2         Row 6       col       2         Column 8       ixfe      2         Index to the XF Record 10      cch       2         Length of the string 12      rgch      var       The string This implies that the structure of strings in LABEL records differs from that of other strings in BIFF files. The correct format for LABEL records, shown below, brings them into compliance with the string format for BIFF files, as described on page 264 of the "Microsoft Excel 97 Developer's Kit".   Offset     Name     Size     Contents -

4       rw        2         Row 6       col       2         Column 8       ixfe      2         Index to the XF Record 10      cch       2         Length of the string 12      grbit     1         Option flags (described on page 264) 13      rgb       var       Array of string characters

Additional query words: mspress ISBN 1-57231-498-2

Keywords: kbdocerr KB195237

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