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WORKSHEET FILE FORMAT
FROM LOTUS
APPENDIX A - CELL FORMAT ENCODING
Copyright(c) 1984, Lotus Development Corporation
161 First Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142
(617) 492-7171
Electronic Edition, December, 1984
All Rights Reserved
APPENDIX A: Cell Format Encoding
The first byte of a content-related record contains a cell format code.
Format is determined at the bit level.
Table 8 Cell Format Encoding
Bit number Description Code Meaning
7 protection 1 protected
0 unprotected
4,5,6 format type 0 fixed
1 scientific
notation
2 currency
3 percent
4 comma
5 unused
6 unused
7 special
0,1,2,3 number of decimal 0-15
places decoded
(if format type = 0-6)
special format type 0 +/-
(if format type = 7) 1 general
2 day-month-year
3 day-month
4 month-year
5 text
(Symphony only) 6 hidden
(Symphony only) 7 date;hour-min-sec
(Symphony only) 8 date;hour-min
(Symphony only) 9 date;intnt'l1
(Symphony only) 10 date;intnt'l1
(Symphony only) 11 time;intnt'l1
(Symphony only) 12 time;intnt'l2
13-14 unused
15 default
EXAMPLE
Currency format, two decimal places, unprotected cell
Bit Number 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Binary Code 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
---------
Format Type ---------------
Protection Number of Decimal Places
or Special Format
The byte number is 0.
The hex code is 22.
Example
Special format, month-year, protected cell
Bit Number 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
Binary Code 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
---------
Format Type -------------
Protection Number of Decimal Places
or Special Format
The byte number is 0.
The hex code is F4.