I want to manipulate Office Open XML format of Excel, but even just conversion between the .zip and .xlsx generates errors:
create a very simple test.xlsx by Excel
Right-click test.xlsx => Rename as text.xlsx.zip
Right-click text.xlsx.zip => Extract all to a folder named text.xlsx
Right-click text.xlsx folder => Send to => Compressed (zipped) folder named text_2.xlsx.zip
Right-click text_2.xlsx.zip => Rename as text_2.xlsx
open text_2.xlsx with Excel, then I got the following errors:
Does anyone know what's wrong there?
Xlsx files are just ordinary zip file and it is definitely possible to do what you are trying to do.
Does anyone know what's wrong there?
I would guess step 4:
Right-click text.xlsx folder => Send to => Compressed (zipped) folder named text_2.xlsx.zip*
You will need to zip the contents on the folder and not the folder itself. The resultant zip file should have the [Content_Types].xml files at the top level with no parent folder.
.***x files are zip files, but the method of compression is different than the standard one used by Windows Explorer. Windows Explorer does absolute compression (whatever it can compress safely, it will), MS Office and OpenXML leaves necessary pieces uncompressed to be used by the application when it is read.
Edit: I should add that you can zip the files back up and use them as an xlsx again but you have to make sure you're using the same compression method as Excel or OpenXML.
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I have a script which takes two parameters on the command line. One should be the name of an ZIP archive, one must be an excel (XSLX) file. Both parameters must be either relative or full quallified.
Ususally I use File::Type to check if a file has the expected format. but for XLSX files the answer is: "application/zip". I know this is right, because XLSX files are zipped, but how can I distinguish if it's a excel file or if the user made a misstake and provided the ZIP Archive as excel.
I also found File::LibMagic, but I can't get it running on Windows.
I know that the microsoft docx file format is a compressed zip archive. I analyzed it and I think I understand that I can manipulate it by changing the content of the /word/document.xml file inside this file structure.
But after I zip the folder again and try to open it, MS-Word complains with a message like:
"The file ... cannot be opened because its content is causing problems. "
I wonder which is the correct method to zip the content of the xml files after manipulating? Or is there something like a checksum I have overseen?
The reason why ms word complains about my manipulated docx format was, that the compressed file structure was within another folder, which I created to edit the document.xml file.
It is important that the xml files are located in the same root folder structure as in the original file.
A similar question has been asked on StackOverflow here.
So I'm trying to copy files for statements so there is a pdf and an xml file with the same name and different file extensions. I need to copy lets say 1000 files at a time so that would be 500 pairs of pdf and xml files. I'm trying setup a batch file to do this, but I'm not sure how to get it to check the filenames to get the pair to copy at the same time. The reason I need the pair is because if just one or the other is there it will bomb out and not process. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Corey
So, in my project I have 10 languages, and 10 Localizable.strings files.
I just created Localizable.strings files, a file for each language. Now they contain "key" = "value" pairs, and both keys and values are in English (default language).
My languages are all translated and stay in Excel files.
The question is, how can I insert all my languages in those files faster than just copying each word manually or writing a script for that?
Maybe there is a existing tool for this already?
Thanks.
I found an easy way to compose localizable.strings files from Excel documents.
In the Excel document, in specific columns I insert " " = " " symbols. It's easy to do for all the words by dragging Excel cell down from the corner, so that it copies stuff from that cell to all the cells you drag it to. (sorry for messy explanation)
Thus the document contains the same symbols and words as localizable.strings does.
Than I just copy everything to the text file, remove tabs, change extension to .strings.
(no comments saved unfortunately).
EDIT:
You can copy the stuff from Excel to Sublime Text, then Find & Replace tabs if any. Copy resulted stuff into proper Xcode .string file.
One application that will really save you a lot of time by automating and streamlining localization procedure is Localization Suite. I do not know if they support importing from excel (to save you time transferring your string pairs) but it's free and seems like a complete solution.
I had an internal script at work for doing that tasks in iOS and Android, and I've just opensourced it as a Gem. You can take a look at it here: http://github.com/mrmans0n/localio
It can open spreadsheets from Google Drive and local Excel files as well, like requested.
You just would have to install the gem
gem install localio
And have a custom DSL file in your project directory, called Locfile, with the info referring to your project and the localization files. An example in your case, where an Excel file is used, could be as simple as:
platform :ios
source :xls, :path => 'YourExcelFileGoesInHere.xls'
output_path 'Resources/Localizables/'
The .xls file should have a certain format, that probably is very similar to what you have right now. You just have to clone the contents of this one and fill it with your translations: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmX_w4-5HkOgdFFoZ19iSUlRSERnQTJ4NVZiblo2UXc
Hope this helps.
Here are the steps i followed:
change the extension of .strings to .txt on windows
open excel and go to File > Open
Choose the file to open. This should present an import wizard
Follow the steps and specify the delimiting character as =
You're done
Upon numerous searches, I am here to see if someone has any idea on how I should go about tackling this issue.
I have a folder with sub-folders. The sub-folder containers each has files of different file types e.g. pdf, png, jpeg, tiff, avi and word documents.
My goal is to write a code in C# that will go into the subfolder, and combined all the files into one pdf using the name of the folder. The only exception is that a file such as avi will not be pdf'ed in which case I want a nudge as to which folder it is and possibly file name. I am trying to use the form approach, so that you can copy in the folder pathname and also destination of the created pdf.
Thanks.
to start, create a FolderBrowserDialog to get the root folder. Alternatively just make a textbox in which you paste the folder name ( less preferred since the first method gives you nicer error-handling straight out of the box )
In order to iterate through, see How to: Iterate Through a Directory Tree
To find the filetype, check System.IO.FileInfo.Extension for each file you iterate through. Add those to list with the data you need. ( hint, create a list of objects in which your object reflects the data you need such as path, type etc,... ). If its an avi don't toss it in the list but flash a warning (messagebox?) instead.
From here the original question gets fuzzy. What exactly do you need in the pdf. Just the filenames and locations or do you actually want to throw the actual contents of the file in pdf?