java - Reading data from Excel file prior to version 95

Question

Apparently Excel 4.0 is still used and I have to read it in Java.

Neither poi nor jExcelAPI, as great as they are, can parse them. I can't find anything on them, especially with Java. Any help?

Answer 1

Have a look at JODconverter, which uses OpenOffice, where the list of support documents includes MS Excel 4.

If you can't use it directly, maybe you can convert to an intermediate format that works for you.