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Status Planned for future release
Categories Front End
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 17, 2020

Support for BIFF8 and higher EXCEL file format specifications in IBM Personal Communications.

Currently IBM PCOMM supports BIFF (BIFF4 and BIFF5) for Data Transfer utility and Copy operations.

PCOMM has to be enhanced to support higher EXCEL file formats.
PMR 22610,999,760 was converted to case TS003171311.

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    Mar 10, 2021

    We will revisit and consider this in a year.

  • Guest
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    Mar 4, 2021

    Planned for future release.
    Will update more details at the earliest.