Seriously though, it’s been some time be afaik any microsoft product file that ends in x, .docx, .xlsx, .pbix are all just archives and you can totally interact with them programmatically if you want. Really easy to corrupt them but hey, found it interesting years ago.
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driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 1 year agoEverything is just a zip file with a different extension
morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
I take issue with “everything”, as most things are not. But it is a common trick when a developer wants to make a “new” file format that encapsulates a bunch of different files.
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 1 year ago
Everything, including you, are a .zip file.
SteevyT@beehaw.org 1 year ago
It’s just .zip files all the way down
adespoton@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I just came here to say stuffit.
NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
😧🤐
Midnitte@beehaw.org 1 year ago
Transcription is just unzipping your coding
Vodulas@beehaw.org 1 year ago
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