Microsoft KB Archive/184647

= Xl97: BIFF Records Documentation Error in MS Excel 97 Developer's Kit =

Article ID: 184647

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office XP Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Office 2000 Developer Edition
 * MSPRESS Microsoft Excel 97 Developer's Kit ISBN 1-57231-498-2

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This article was previously published under Q184647



SUMMARY
In the "BIFF Records: Record Number Order" table on pages 275-280 of the "Microsoft Excel 97 Developer's Kit," the record type number designations for several record types are not correct. In addition, other records are missing, and the last entries for the table are incomplete.

This article contains the known errors and the correct values for these record types.



MORE INFORMATION
The correct record number and names are listed in the following table

  Record    Correct   Record number   number    name --

85h      85h      BOUNDSHEET is shown in BiffView.exe as BUNDLESHEET. 218h      18h      NAME: Defined Name 231h      31h      FONT: Font Description 223h      23h      EXTERNNAME: Externally referenced name 406h       6h      FORMULA: Cell Format The record numbers that are missing are listed in the following table.   Record    Record number   name --

1Bh  rtEntExU E5h  rtMergeCells The last six entries in the table that is ordered alphabetically by record name at the top of page 275 do not list the record number. The correct numbers are listed in the following table:   Record                                           Record name                                            number ---

WRITEACCESS: Write Access User Name                5Ch WRITEPROT: Workbook is Write-Protected             86h WSBOOL: Additional Workspace Information           81h XCT: CRN Record Count                              59h XF: Extended Format                                E0h XL5MODIFY: Flag for DSF                           162h

