I just updated the Chicago project developer
web page. I added links to 3 projects (1 TCL 2 PHP)
that can write the Excel file format.
I also cleaned up the documentation list.
I will be adding links to more documentation in
a little bit.
Well it looks like I may get some help in figuring out
the Excel Encryption Algorithm. I received an e-mail from
someone at a company called Arizan, looking for information
on the Algorithm.
I checked out Arizan's web site, and found they provide
a way to read and interact with popular file formats
on your PDA, including MS Word/Excel/PPT.
I assume they want info on the algorithm so they can add
the ability to open password protected Excel files if the
password is supplied.
I will cooperate with them, and ask that any information
they discover be turned over to the Open Source community.
I hope that with a company investing some time in this,
more information on the algorithm can be uncovered.
I just updated my paper on Excel encryption. It adds the following
I am now certified at Journeyer level. I want to thank mirwin for doing this.
I just updated the Chicago Project home-page. I added a
section on libOle and libXls.
I updated my paper on Excel Encryption today. It can be
found at
this link I added the following:
I released version 1.2 of my GUI for xlhtml. It is available from the Chicago project page in the GUI package.
New HTML Parser: The long-awaited libxml2 based HTML parser code is live. It needs further work but already handles most markup better than the original parser.
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