Class BiffViewer

java.lang.Object
org.apache.poi.hssf.dev.BiffViewer

public final class BiffViewer extends Object
Utility for reading in BIFF8 records and displaying data from them.
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  • Method Details

    • main

      public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, org.apache.poi.hssf.dev.BiffViewer.CommandParseException
      Method main with 1 argument just run straight biffview against given file

      Usage:

      BiffViewer [--biffhex] [--noint] [--noescher] [--out] <fileName>

      BiffViewer --rawhex [--out] <fileName>

      --biffhexshow hex dump of each BIFF record
      --nointdo not output interpretation of BIFF records
      --outsend output to <fileName>.out
      --rawhexoutput raw hex dump of whole workbook stream
      --escherturn on deserialization of escher records (default is off)
      --noheaderdo not print record header (default is on)
      Parameters:
      args - the command line arguments
      Throws:
      IOException - if the file doesn't exist or contained errors
      org.apache.poi.hssf.dev.BiffViewer.CommandParseException - if the command line contained errors