reading data from Excel file prior to version 95

Question

Apparently Excel 4.0 is still used and I have to read it in Java.

Neither poi nor jExcelAPI, as great as they are, can parse them. I can\'t find anything on them, es

Answer 1

If I recall correctly, Excel 4 had good support for reading and writing via DDE. If you're going way back, you might as well go waaaay back. I haven't used any myself, but Google shows several listings for Java DDE support. If nothing better pops up, you might give it a try.