new version of Excel

I have a series of files generated by a program called Info WorkPlace with a
..XLK extension. I can open these files in Excel 2000, but if I try to load it
in Excel 2003, I get an error "This file was created by a newer version of
Excel. do you want to download a converter so you can work with this file?"
I'm already running the latest version. How can I open these files in Excel
2003?

If I open the file in WordPad, here are the first few lines of the file. As
you can see, this is not the standard Excel binary format.

Thanks,

Dave

ID;PWOP;N;E
P;PGeneral
P;P0
P;P###,###,###,###,##0.000000000
P;P###,###,###,###,###.#########
P;P##############0.000000000
P;P###############.#########
P;PGeneral
P;PGeneral
P;PGeneral
P;Pgeneral
P;Pgeneral
P;P###,###,###,###,##0.000000000\ ;;\###,###,###,###,##0.000000000\C\R
P;P###,###,###,###,###.#########\ ;;\###,###,###,###,###.#########\C\R
P;P##############0.000000000\ ;;\##############0.000000000\C\R
P;P###############.#########\ ;;\###############.#########\C\R
P;P###,###,###,###,##0.000000000\ ;;\###,###,###,###,##0.000000000\-
P;P###,###,###,###,###.#########\ ;;\###,###,###,###,###.#########\-
P;P##############0.000000000\ ;;\##############0.000000000\-
P;P###############.#########\ ;;\###############.#########\-
P;P##############0
P;P#########\/##\/##
P;P###############
F;P0;DG0G8;M255
B;Y0000019 ;X0000011
F;W00001 00001 00010
F;P0;FG0L;00001
F;W00002 00002 00013
F;P0;FG0L;00002

I think I figured out the problem. This is actually a SILK file format. The
extension is supposed to be .SLK, not .XLK. Once I changed the file
extension, Excel 2003 was able to open it just fine.

"Dave Cattapan" wrote:

> I have a series of files generated by a program called Info WorkPlace with a
> .XLK extension. I can open these files in Excel 2000, but if I try to load it
> in Excel 2003, I get an error "This file was created by a newer version of
> Excel. do you want to download a converter so you can work with this file?"
> I'm already running the latest version. How can I open these files in Excel
> 2003?
>
> If I open the file in WordPad, here are the first few lines of the file. As
> you can see, this is not the standard Excel binary format.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
> ID;PWOP;N;E
> P;PGeneral
> P;P0
> P;P###,###,###,###,##0.000000000
> P;P###,###,###,###,###.#########
> P;P##############0.000000000
> P;P###############.#########
> P;PGeneral
> P;PGeneral
> P;PGeneral
> P;Pgeneral
> P;Pgeneral
> P;P###,###,###,###,##0.000000000\ ;;\###,###,###,###,##0.000000000\C\R
> P;P###,###,###,###,###.#########\ ;;\###,###,###,###,###.#########\C\R
> P;P##############0.000000000\ ;;\##############0.000000000\C\R
> P;P###############.#########\ ;;\###############.#########\C\R
> P;P###,###,###,###,##0.000000000\ ;;\###,###,###,###,##0.000000000\-
> P;P###,###,###,###,###.#########\ ;;\###,###,###,###,###.#########\-
> P;P##############0.000000000\ ;;\##############0.000000000\-
> P;P###############.#########\ ;;\###############.#########\-
> P;P##############0
> P;P#########\/##\/##
> P;P###############
> F;P0;DG0G8;M255
> B;Y0000019 ;X0000011
> F;W00001 00001 00010
> F;P0;FG0L;00001
> F;W00002 00002 00013
> F;P0;FG0L;00002
>