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5 Worksheet/Workbook Records
5.27 DATAVALIDATIONS
BIFF2 BIFF3 BIFF4 BIFF5 BIFF8
— — — — 01B2 H
This record is the list header of the Data Validity Table (➜4.14) in the current sheet.
Record DATAVALIDATIONS, BIFF8:
Offset Size Contents
0 2 Option flags:
Bit Mask Contents
0 0001 H 0 = Prompt box not visible 1 = Prompt box currently visible
1 0002 H 0 = Prompt box has fixed
position
1 = Prompt box appears at cell
2 0004 H 1 = Cell validity data cached in following DATAVALIDATION
records
2 4 Horizontal position of the prompt box, if it has fixed position, in pixel
6 4 Vertical position of the prompt box, if it has fixed position, in pixel
10 4 Object identifier of the drop down arrow object for a list box (➜6), if a list box is visible at
the current cursor position, FFFFFFFF H otherwise
14 4 Number of following DATAVALIDATION records (➜5.26)
5.28 DATEMODE
BIFF2 BIFF3 BIFF4 BIFF5 BIFF8
0022 H 0022 H 0022 H 0022 H 0022 H
This record specifies the base date for displaying date values. All dates are stored as count of days past this base date. In
BIFF2-BIFF4 this record is part of the Calculation Settings Block (➜4.3). In BIFF5-BIFF8 it is stored in the Workbook
Globals Substream.
Record DATEMODE, BIFF2-BIFF8:
Offset Size Contents
0 2 0 = Base date is 1899-Dec-31 (the cell value 1 represents 1900-Jan-01)
1 = Base date is 1904-Jan-01 (the cell value 1 represents 1904-Jan-02)
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