xls files.

[Sue Rider.]

Is there a freeware program I can use to open this kind of file and if so
what's it called please?

 

[Zilbandy]

Is there a freeware program I can use to open this kind of file and if so
what's it called please?

Google is your friend. Here are the results when searching for "xls
viewer" without the quotes.
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&q=xls viewer

 

[Guest]

..XLS are a type of 'style sheet' modifier to the .XML data files. They
determine the formatting of the data. You can actually open them in Notepad,
and see the XML and XSL tags.
MS offers a free editor for those, and instructions on how to create them.

Learning XML - Some Hints and an Overview
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/xml/bb291061.aspx

Additional tools available for download:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/xml/bb291062

 

[Guest]

You can use Excel Viewer to open files with the .xls file extension

Here is the link:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...f4-996c-4569-b547-75edbd03aaf0&displaylang=EN

OR

OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an
open-source project. Compatible with all other major office suites, the
product is free to download, use, and distribute.

Here is the link: http://www.openoffice.org/index.html

I hope this is helpful.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

..xls files are usually Excel spreadsheet files.

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[Wesley Vogel]

That first post got away from me.

..xls files are usually Excel spreadsheet files but can also be opened with
MS Works.

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Report Class Name
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File Extension .xls
File Class xls_auto_file
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.XLS]
@="xls_auto_file"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.XLS\Excel.Sheet.5]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.XLS\Excel.Sheet.5\ShellNew]
"FileName"="excel.xls"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.XLS\ExcelWorksheet]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.XLS\ExcelWorksheet\ShellNew]
"FileName"="excel4.xls"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.XLS\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.XLS\OpenWithList\wksss.exe]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.XLS\OpenWithProgIDs]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.XLS\OpenWithProgIDs\MSWorks4Sheet]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.XLS\PersistentHandler]
@="{98de59a0-d175-11cd-a7bd-00006b827d94}"


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xls_auto_file]
@=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xls_auto_file\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xls_auto_file\shell\open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xls_auto_file\shell\open\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Works\\WksSS.exe\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xls_auto_file\shell\print]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xls_auto_file\shell\print\command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Works\\wksss.exe /p \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xls_auto_file\shell\PrintTo]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xls_auto_file\shell\PrintTo\command]
@="C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Works\\wksss.exe /f \"%1\" \"%2\" \"%3\"
\"%4\""


[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.XLS]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.XLS\shellex]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SystemFileAssociations\.XLS\shellex\{BB2E617C-0920-11d1-9A0B-00C04FC2D6C1}]
@="{9DBD2C50-62AD-11d0-B806-00C04FD706EC}"


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.XLS]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.XLS\OpenWithList]

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FileExts\.XLS\OpenWithProgids]
"xls_auto_file"=hex(0):

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