cAN SOMEONE HELP ME WAY OUT HOW TO READ XLS FILES IN c++ lANGUAGE

I donno about reading .xls files directly but you can save .xls file as .csv (comma separated values). This is nothing but multiple columns in Exel file seperated with comma.

For.e.g

Will,Smith,MIB

I am sure, you know how to read in from such csv files. If not, read the tutorials on this forum on FILE I/Os.

Thanks,

You could look at this link for some information and lots of further links.

Note that xls file formats have changed radically over the years, and current file formats are completely different from previous versions. I have observed that each "upgrade" of Microsoft Office products results in changes that make later versions not 100% backward compatible with previous versions (and not even close to that for forward compatibility --- so old programs seem invariably to break when trying to read/write files from and to later versions of Excel).

Good Luck!


Regards,

Dave