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Did they pick XLS because it's easier to parse or something? I can't imagine why someone would pick a format that was largely replaced 10 years ago.
by sct202 6y ago
Did they pick XLS because it's easier to parse or something? I can't imagine why someone would pick a format that was largely replaced 10 years ago.
- freeone3000 6y agoMoving from XLS to XLSX will break your macros and would require all machines to be running Office 2007 or later.
- shmel 6y agoOffice 2007 was like... 13 years ago, what's the problem?
- gridlockd 6y agoCompatibility. It's reasonable to predict that some of the participating entities are running software that is at least a decade old.
- codeulike 6y agoIndeed
- mark-r 6y agoInertia, most likely. They were using XLS 10 years ago and never saw a reason to change.
- vharuck 6y agoIf somebody finds it easier to do this process using Excel than with a scripting language, I wouldn't expect them to know the differences between file formats. I would be surprised if they understood the concepts behind file formats. They may have chosen XLS because they used Excel back when that was default, and now they don't want to "risk" anything by switching horses mid-stream.