I have a program which generates an Excel file. Specifically, it's a node app which generates a JSON file which is loaded into GrapeCity's SpreadJS and exported again via their ExcelIO libs. This file has a lot of formulae in it - at least a thousand of various forms built according to various rules from an input data set which is itself non-trivial. Whilst these files load file in SpreadJS and export in such a way that they load in Excel and appear to work, I get a number of errors from Excel when I try to load it:
Excel completed file level validation and repair. Some parts of this workbook may have been repaired or discarded.
Removed Records: Formula from /xl/worksheets/sheet1.xml part
Removed Records: Formula from /xl/worksheets/sheet2.xml part
Removed Records: Formula from /xl/worksheets/sheet3.xml part
After I initially posted this question, I eventually figured out that this was because the formulae in question were using single quotes for text strings rather than double. The question is - without playing guessing games, how could I identify which formulae Excel has removed / fixed? Excel's so-called log file is just a repetition of the equally unhelpful references.
Any of the following would count as good answers:
- A way to get Excel to tell me the string of the formula which it has a problem with
- A way to get Excel to tell me the cell reference (e.g. F5) of the formula which it has a problem with
- An external tool which would do the same
- A library or tool for validating Excel formulae which I could run on either the Excel file or the original input which would give me similar output. If it was an npm lib that would be even better
