[okfn-help] Opening XLS file of emissions data sources?

Tue Aug 4 14:50:41 BST 2009

Many thanks for having a go at this Nick!

I will try and get hold of another less weird copy!

Best wishes,

Jonathan

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Nick Stenning<nick at whiteink.com> wrote:
> I'm afraid it appears well and truly gefuggered. Real Excel says:
>
> "<Filename> cannot be accessed: The file may be read-only, or you may
> be trying to access a read-only location. Or, the server the document
> is stored on may not be responding."
>
> I've tried opening it with antixls also without luck. There's
> definitely *some* data in there, as testified by `strings` (output
> linked below, in case anyone can do magic with it).
>
> http://files.getdropbox.com/u/171123/emissions_strings.txt
>
> My guess would be it's been opened off a remote server, and there's
> some knack to getting a proper *copy* rather than a reference, which
> has been missed. Maybe.
>
> Sorry I couldn't help!
>
> -N
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 12:00, Jonathan Gray<jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>> I've attached an XLS file of emissions data sources to:
>>
>>  http://wiki.okfn.org/OpenEnvironmentalData?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=Database+of+emissions+data+sources.xls
>>  http://wiki.okfn.org/OpenEnvironmentalData#Todo
>>
>> Unfortunately I'm unable to open it - either in Open Office or in Google Docs.
>>
>> Can anyone else open it? If so it would be great to put contents in a
>> Google Doc, or to re-upload the file in a different format!
>>
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>>
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