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WORKSHEET FILE FORMAT FROM LOTUS INTRODUCTION AND QUICK REFERENCE Copyright(c) 1984, Lotus Development Corporation 161 First Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 (617) 492-7171 Electronic Edition, December, 1984 All Rights Reserved PREFACE Lotus Development Corporation's 1-2-3(TM) and Symphony(TM) perform user selected operations upon a data matrix that is termed a "worksheet". Worksheet files are such matrices stored on disk. A worksheet file is an unbroken sequence of binary coded records defining a single worksheet. Both 1-2-3 and Symphony accept externally created data files if the files are in the worksheet file format. Other programs can decode and process worksheet files created by 1-2-3 or Symphony. The following document provides information required to create or access a worksheet file by describing the records used to create a worksheet file. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with Lotus products and has ready access to 1-2-3 or Symphony documentation. Note that the worksheet files for 1-2-3 and Symphony are similar, but not necessarily interchangeable. 1-2-3 and Symphony share some record types, but also have record types unique to that product. Symphony can read 1-2-3 records, but 1-2-3 cannot read Symphony records. The information contained in this document has been released into the public domain and is not considered to be confidential or proprietary although still the copyright and property of Lotus Development Corporation. All efforts have been made to ensure that this information is clear and useful since Lotus will not be providing customer assistance with this booklet. Lotus will, however, incorporate any necessary corrections if they are reported in writing to: Lotus Development Corporation Worksheet File Format 161 First Street Cambridge, MA 02142 WORKSHEET FILE FORMAT Worksheet files are organized as an unbroken sequence of variable length binary records. Each record consists of a 4-byte header followed by the record body. The header defines the record's type and length, as the example below shows. The header's composition is as follows: Byte Number Byte Description 0,1 Record type code 2,3 Record body length (bytes) Example: Record Header Record Header Record Record Type Length Byte Number 0 1 2 3 Hex Code 1C 00 20 00 Decimal Equivalent 28 32 The record body can be of many different types; most have predetermined length, but some vary in length. The record type code is 28. In a hex dump of the file, the record type appears as 1C 00h, noting that the 8086/88 stores the most significant byte of word in the higher memory address. The record length is 32 bytes. In a hex dump of the file, the record length appears as 20 00h. Record types with Column/Row Coordinates Some record types contain column/row coordinates to identify a cell, or one of the two points that define a range. Numbering starts at zero in the upper left corner of the worksheet. For example: Cell A1 = column 0, row 0 SUMMARY OF RECORD TYPES This section describes the different record types found in 1-2-3 and Symphony. There are to Quick Reference tables ordered by Opcode and by Product, followed by a detailed reference section ordered by Opcode. In the reference section, there are examples for the more commonly used records. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with 1-2-3 or Symphony and has access to Lotus' documentation. Quick Reference by Opcode Type Code (hex) Length (bytes) Description BOF 0 2 Beginning of file EOF 1 0 End of file CALCMODE 2 1 Calculation mode CALCORDER 3 1 Calculation order SPLIT 4 1 Split window type SYNC 5 1 Split window sync RANGE 6 8 Active worksheet range WINDOW1 7 31 Window 1 record COLW1 8 3 Column width, window 1 WINTWO 9 31 Window 2 record COLW2 A 3 Column width, window 2 NAME B 24 Named range BLANK C 5 Blank cell INTEGER D 7 Integer number cell NUMBER E 13 Floating point number LABEL F variable Label cell FORMULA 10 variable Formula cell TABLE 18 25 Data table range ORANGE 19 25 Query range PRANGE 1A 8 Print range SRANGE 1B 8 Sort range FRANGE 1C 8 Fill range KRANGE1 1D 9 Primary sort key range HRANGE 20 16 Distribution range KRANGE2 23 9 Secondary sort key range PROTEC 24 1 Global protection FOOTER 25 242 Print footer HEADER 26 242 Print header SETUP 27 40 Print setup MARGINS 28 10 Print margins code Quick Reference by Opcode (continued) Type code (hex) Length (bytes) Description LABELFMT 29 1 Label alignment TITLES 2A 16 Print borders GRAPH 2D 437 Current graph settings NGRAPH 2E 453 Named graph settings CALCCOUNT 2F 1 Iteration count UNFORMATTED 30 1 Formatted/unformatted print CURSORW12 31 1 Cursor location WINDOW 32 144 Symphony window settings STRING 33 variable Value of string formula PASSWORD 37 4 File lockout (CHKSUM) LOCKED 38 1 Lock flag QUERY 3C 127 Symphony query settings QUERYNAME 3D 16 Query name PRINT 3E 679 Symphony print record PRINTNAME 3F 16 Print record name GRAPH2 40 499 Symphony graph record GRAPHNAME 41 16 Graph record name ZOOM 42 9 Orig coordinates expanded window SYMSPLIT 43 2 Nos. of split windows NSROWS 44 2 Nos. of screen rows NSCOLS 45 2 Nos. of screen columns RULER 46 25 Named ruler range NNAME 47 25 Named sheet range ACOMM 48 65 Autoload.comm code AMACRO 49 8 Autoexecute macro address PARSE 4A 16 Query parse information Quick Reference by Product: 1-2-3 only Type Code (hex) Length (bytes) Description SPLIT 4 1 Split window type SYNC 5 1 Split window sync WINDOW 1 7 31 Window 1 record WINTWO 9 31 Window 2 record COLW2 A 3 Column width, window 2 NAME B 24 Named range QRANGE 19 25 Query range PRANGE 1A 8 Print range SRANGE 1B 8 Sort range KRANGE1 1D 9 Primary sort key range KRANGE2 23 9 Secondary sort key range FOOTER 25 242 Print footer HEADER 26 242 Print header SETUP 27 40 Print setup MARGINS 28 10 Print margins code TITLES 2A 16 Print borders GRAPH 2D 437 Current graph settings NGRAPH 2E 453 Named graph settings Quick Reference by Product: 1-2-3 and Symphony Type Code (hex) Length (bytes) Description BOF 0 2 Beginning of file EOF 1 0 End of file CALCMODE 2 1 Calculation mode CALCORDER 3 1 Calculation order RANGE 6 8 Active worksheet range COLW1 8 3 Column width BLANK C 5 Blank cell INTEGER D 7 Integer number cell NUMBER E 13 Floating point number LABEL F variable Label cell FORMULA 10 variable Formula cell TABLE 18 25 Data table range FRANGE 1C 8 Fill range HRANGE 20 16 Distribution range PROTEC 24 1 Global protection LABELFMT 29 1 Label alignment CALCCOUNT 2F 1 Iteration count UNFORMATTED 30 1 Formatted/unformatted print CURSORW12 31 1 Cursor location Quick Reference by Product: Symphony only Type Code (hex) Length (bytes) Description WINDOW 32 144 Symphony window settings STRING 33 variable Value of string formula PASSWORD 37 4 File lockout (CHKSUM) LOCKED 38 1 Lock flag QUERY 3C 127 Symphony query settings QUERYNAME 3D 16 Query name PRINT 3E 679 Symphony print record PRINTNAME 3F 16 Print record name GRAPH2 40 499 Symphony graph record GRAPHNAME 41 16 Graph rocord name ZOOM 42 9 Orig coordinates expanded window SYMSPLIT 43 2 Nos. of split windows NSROWS 44 2 Nos. of screen rows NSCOLS 45 2 Nos. of screen columns RULER 46 25 Named ruler range NNAME 47 25 Named sheet range ACOMM 48 65 Autoload. comm code AMACRO 49 8 Autoexecute macro address PARSE 4A 16 Query parse information