Powerpoint file format

[Chris Berg]

I wish to write a .PPT file reader/interpreter.

MS says the PowerPoint file format is secret. But someone must have
cracked it?

Anyone knows where to find a description? Or even better: Some java
code that can read .PPT files?

Chris

 

[Wendy S]

I wish to write a .PPT file reader/interpreter.
MS says the PowerPoint file format is secret. But someone must have
cracked it?
Anyone knows where to find a description? Or even better: Some java
code that can read .PPT files?

Check out the Jakarta POI project, they've done Excel and Word, IIRC.

 

[Marco Schmidt]

Chris Berg:

I wish to write a .PPT file reader/interpreter.

MS says the PowerPoint file format is secret. But someone must have
cracked it?

I think it is at least partially documented in some MS Developer
Network Knowledge Base WhateverIt'sCalled CD issue. However, it is
complex and the whole OLE file format makes heavy use of components.
So if someone includes an AVI document in a PPT file, that's all
nicely documented, but you as the developer of a non-MS-specific
interpreter will have the daunting task of writing an AVI player as
well.

Anyone knows where to find a description? Or even better: Some java
code that can read .PPT files?

Take a look at the POI project: <http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/>.

Regards,
Marco

 

[Niels Dybdahl]

Anyone knows where to find a description? Or even better: Some java

code that can read .PPT files?

OpenOffice can read PowerPoint files.

Niels Dybdahl