Re: [birt-dev] Error in Excel Preview using BIRT all-in-one

[Kyle Bober <kyle.bober@xxxxxxxxx>]

This is  due to the format of the Excel file generated by BIRT. BIRT generates it's Excel files in the SpreadSheetML format which was a horrible attempt at storing the Excel spreadsheets in XML. Now Office 2007 follows the Open XML format. If you want BIRT to generate true Excel Binary files you should use the open source Tribix project. http://sourceforge.net/projects/tribix/

-Kyle

On Sat, Oct 3, 2009 at 1:20 AM, cavillarba <cavillarba@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Everyone, I successfully downloaded and install the BIRT all-in-one package from eclipse web-site in my computer and created the sample report. I can preview this report in all forms(html, PDF, Word and Postscript) but except in Excel(I'm using Office 2007). I received this error: "The file you are trying to open, 'Customers[6].xls', is in a different format than specified by the file extension. Verify that the file is not corrupted and is from a trusted source before opening the file. Do you want to open the file now?" Is there any problem with my eclipse installation? I only download/extract the file and save it to my computer. Pls. help. Thanks, CESAR

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