[dev] Developing a tool to recognise MS Office file types ( .doc, .xls, .mdb, .ppt )

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am supposed to develop a tool which can identify the correct
Microsoft Office File types (.doc, .xls, .mdb, .ppt). The tool will take an
MS office file ( .doc, .xls, .mdb, .ppt) as input and will return the file
type. OpenOffice opens the correct type of application for each of these MS
office files so it means OpenOffice have some way to differenciate between
MS office file types. Can you please help me with this problem? Any
OpenOffice library which can be helpful to me? anything else you want
suggest?
Thanks. :)
Saleem

The files should not be recognised based on the extension but contents of
the file.
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Professional wrote:
> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> I am supposed to develop a tool which can identify the
> correct Microsoft Office File types (.doc, .xls, .mdb, .ppt). The tool will
> take an MS office file ( .doc, .xls, .mdb, .ppt) as input and will return
> the file type. OpenOffice opens the correct type of application for each of
> these MS office files so it means OpenOffice have some way to differenciate
> between MS office file types. Can you please help me with this problem? Any
> OpenOffice library which can be helpful to me? anything else you want
> suggest?
>
> Thanks. :)
>
> Saleem
>