[GH-ISSUE #452] add support for xlsb #354

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opened 2026-05-05 12:11:35 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 1 comment
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Originally created by @675076143 on GitHub (Aug 20, 2024).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/issues/452

Originally assigned to: @jmcnamara on GitHub.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/office_file_formats/ms-xlsb/acc8aa92-1f02-4167-99f5-84f9f676b95a

Originally created by @675076143 on GitHub (Aug 20, 2024). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/jmcnamara/libxlsxwriter/issues/452 Originally assigned to: @jmcnamara on GitHub. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/office_file_formats/ms-xlsb/acc8aa92-1f02-4167-99f5-84f9f676b95a
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@jmcnamara commented on GitHub (Aug 20, 2024):

Unfortunately adding support for xlsb is non-trivial and would take a lot of work to duplicate all of the xml writing code with equivalent BIFF binary writing code. It is also much harder to debug when something goes wrong. I know this from experience of working with the xls file format.

So overall this is a "won't/can't fix".

<!-- gh-comment-id:2298111239 --> @jmcnamara commented on GitHub (Aug 20, 2024): Unfortunately adding support for xlsb is non-trivial and would take a lot of work to duplicate all of the xml writing code with equivalent BIFF binary writing code. It is also much harder to debug when something goes wrong. I know this from experience of working with the xls file format. So overall this is a "won't/can't fix".
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