Format
Microsoft Excel Macro
Summary
- Name
- Microsoft Excel Macro
- Version
- 4.0
- Identifiers
-
- MIME: application/vnd.ms-excel
- PUID: x-fmt/123
- Format type
- Spreadsheet
- Description
- XLM is an old format for Microsoft Excel spreadsheets with macros. It has been superseded by XLSM, a new XML-based format. The new macro format is based on Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), but the old format was different. The old format was used through Excel 4.0, but discontinued in 5.0, and is not supported in later versions.
- Format encoding
- Text
- File extensions
-
xla,xlm - Submitted by
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Internal signatures
BIFF 4 Macro
- Description
- BIFF4: BOF hex 0904. record length hex 0600, BIFF version=(not used), filetype=macro=4000
- Provenance
- www.openoffice.org/sc/excelfileformat.pdf www.idea2ic.com/File_Formats/MICROSOFT%20EXCEL%20FILE%20FORMATxls.pdf www.opennet.ru/docs/formats/xls.txt
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 0
- Byte Sequence
09040600{2}4000- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
V118
- Release date
- 30 April 2024
-
Added signature
Microsoft Excel Macro 4.0: Signature researched and samples provided by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).
-
Updated
Microsoft Excel Macro 4.0: . Submitted by Digital Preservation Department, The National Archives (UK).
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V69
- Release date
- 19 July 2013
-
Added signature
Microsoft Excel Macro 4.0: Signature provided by Georgia Technology Research Institute.