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5 Worksheet/Workbook Records
5.94 SHAREDFMLA – Shared Formula
BIFF2 BIFF3 BIFF4 BIFF5 BIFF8
— — — 04BC H 04BC H
This record stores the token array of a shared formula. Shared formulas are similar to array formulas, they store a formula
used in a range of cells. The SHAREDFMLA record is not a real cell record, but follows the first FORMULA record
(➜5.50) of the cell range. For more information about shared formulas see ➜4.8.
Record SHAREDFMLA, BIFF5-BIFF8:
Offset Size Contents
0 6 Cell range address of the area used by the shared formula (➜2.5.14). Column indexes are
always 8-bit values, also in BIFF8.
6 1 Not used
7 1 Number of existing FORMULA records for this shared formula
8 var. Token array of the shared formula (➜3)
5.95 SHEET
BIFF2 BIFF3 BIFF4 BIFF5 BIFF8
— — — 0085 H 0085 H
This record is located in the Workbook Globals Substream and represents a sheet inside the workbook. One SHEET
record is written for each sheet. It stores the sheet name and a stream offset to the BOF record (➜5.8) of the respective
Sheet Substream within the Workbook Stream.
Record SHEET, BIFF5-BIFF8:
Offset Size Contents
0 4 Absolute stream position of the BOF record of the sheet represented by this record. This
field is never encrypted in protected files.
4 1 Sheet state: 0 = Visible
1 = Hidden
2 = “Very hidden”. Can only be set programmatically, e.g. with a
Visual Basic macro. It is not possible to make such a sheet visible via
the user interface.
5 1 Sheet type: 00 H = Worksheet
02 H = Chart
06 H = Visual Basic module
6 var. Sheet name: BIFF5: Byte string, 8-bit string length (➜2.5.2)
BIFF8: Unicode string, 8-bit string length (➜2.5.3)
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