Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: OleFileIO_PL
Version: 0.42.1
Summary: Python package to parse, read and write Microsoft OLE2 files (Structured Storage or Compound Document, Microsoft Office) - Improved version of the OleFileIO module from PIL, the Python Image Library.
Home-page: http://www.decalage.info/python/olefileio
Author: Philippe Lagadec
Author-email: http://www.decalage.info/contact
License: BSD
Download-URL: https://bitbucket.org/decalage/olefileio_pl/downloads
Description: olefile (formerly OleFileIO\_PL)
        ================================
        
        `olefile <http://www.decalage.info/olefile>`_ is a Python package to
        parse, read and write `Microsoft OLE2
        files <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_File_Binary_Format>`_ (also
        called Structured Storage, Compound File Binary Format or Compound
        Document File Format), such as Microsoft Office 97-2003 documents,
        vbaProject.bin in MS Office 2007+ files, Image Composer and FlashPix
        files, Outlook messages, StickyNotes, several Microscopy file formats,
        McAfee antivirus quarantine files, etc.
        
        **Quick links:** `Home page <http://www.decalage.info/olefile>`_ -
        `Download/Install <https://bitbucket.org/decalage/olefileio_pl/wiki/Install>`_
        - `Documentation <https://bitbucket.org/decalage/olefileio_pl/wiki>`_ -
        `Report
        Issues/Suggestions/Questions <https://bitbucket.org/decalage/olefileio_pl/issues?status=new&status=open>`_
        - `Contact the author <http://decalage.info/contact>`_ -
        `Repository <https://bitbucket.org/decalage/olefileio_pl>`_ - `Updates
        on Twitter <https://twitter.com/decalage2>`_
        
        News
        ----
        
        Follow all updates and news on Twitter: https://twitter.com/decalage2
        
        -  **2015-01-25 v0.42**: improved handling of special characters in
           stream/storage names on Python 2.x (using UTF-8 instead of Latin-1),
           fixed bug in listdir with empty storages.
        -  2014-11-25 v0.41: OleFileIO.open and isOleFile now support OLE files
           stored in byte strings, fixed installer for python 3, added support
           for Jython (Niko Ehrenfeuchter)
        -  2014-10-01 v0.40: renamed OleFileIO\_PL to olefile, added initial
           write support for streams >4K, updated doc and license, improved the
           setup script.
        -  2014-07-27 v0.31: fixed support for large files with 4K sectors,
           thanks to Niko Ehrenfeuchter, Martijn Berger and Dave Jones. Added
           test scripts from Pillow (by hugovk). Fixed setup for Python 3
           (Martin Panter)
        -  2014-02-04 v0.30: now compatible with Python 3.x, thanks to Martin
           Panter who did most of the hard work.
        -  2013-07-24 v0.26: added methods to parse stream/storage timestamps,
           improved listdir to include storages, fixed parsing of direntry
           timestamps
        -  2013-05-27 v0.25: improved metadata extraction, properties parsing
           and exception handling, fixed `issue
           #12 <https://bitbucket.org/decalage/olefileio_pl/issue/12/error-when-converting-timestamps-in-ole>`_
        -  2013-05-07 v0.24: new features to extract metadata (get\_metadata
           method and OleMetadata class), improved getproperties to convert
           timestamps to Python datetime
        -  2012-10-09: published
           `python-oletools <http://www.decalage.info/python/oletools>`_, a
           package of analysis tools based on OleFileIO\_PL
        -  2012-09-11 v0.23: added support for file-like objects, fixed `issue
           #8 <https://bitbucket.org/decalage/olefileio_pl/issue/8/bug-with-file-object>`_
        -  2012-02-17 v0.22: fixed issues #7 (bug in getproperties) and #2
           (added close method)
        -  2011-10-20: code hosted on bitbucket to ease contributions and bug
           tracking
        -  2010-01-24 v0.21: fixed support for big-endian CPUs, such as PowerPC
           Macs.
        -  2009-12-11 v0.20: small bugfix in OleFileIO.open when filename is not
           plain str.
        -  2009-12-10 v0.19: fixed support for 64 bits platforms (thanks to Ben
           G. and Martijn for reporting the bug)
        -  see changelog in source code for more info.
        
        Download/Install
        ----------------
        
        If you have pip or setuptools installed (pip is included in Python
        2.7.9+), you may simply run **pip install olefile** or **easy\_install
        olefile** for the first installation.
        
        To update olefile, run **pip install -U olefile**.
        
        Otherwise, see https://bitbucket.org/decalage/olefileio\_pl/wiki/Install
        
        Features
        --------
        
        -  Parse, read and write any OLE file such as Microsoft Office 97-2003
           legacy document formats (Word .doc, Excel .xls, PowerPoint .ppt,
           Visio .vsd, Project .mpp), Image Composer and FlashPix files, Outlook
           messages, StickyNotes, Zeiss AxioVision ZVI files, Olympus FluoView
           OIB files, etc
        -  List all the streams and storages contained in an OLE file
        -  Open streams as files
        -  Parse and read property streams, containing metadata of the file
        -  Portable, pure Python module, no dependency
        
        olefile can be used as an independent package or with PIL/Pillow.
        
        olefile is mostly meant for developers. If you are looking for tools to
        analyze OLE files or to extract data (especially for security purposes
        such as malware analysis and forensics), then please also check my
        `python-oletools <http://www.decalage.info/python/oletools>`_, which are
        built upon olefile and provide a higher-level interface.
        
        History
        -------
        
        olefile is based on the OleFileIO module from
        `PIL <http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/index.htm>`_, the excellent
        Python Imaging Library, created and maintained by Fredrik Lundh. The
        olefile API is still compatible with PIL, but since 2005 I have improved
        the internal implementation significantly, with new features, bugfixes
        and a more robust design. From 2005 to 2014 the project was called
        OleFileIO\_PL, and in 2014 I changed its name to olefile to celebrate
        its 9 years and its new write features.
        
        As far as I know, olefile is the most complete and robust Python
        implementation to read MS OLE2 files, portable on several operating
        systems. (please tell me if you know other similar Python modules)
        
        Since 2014 olefile/OleFileIO\_PL has been integrated into
        `Pillow <http://python-imaging.github.io/>`_, the friendly fork of PIL.
        olefile will continue to be improved as a separate project, and new
        versions will be merged into Pillow regularly.
        
        Main improvements over the original version of OleFileIO in PIL:
        ----------------------------------------------------------------
        
        -  Compatible with Python 3.x and 2.6+
        -  Many bug fixes
        -  Support for files larger than 6.8MB
        -  Support for 64 bits platforms and big-endian CPUs
        -  Robust: many checks to detect malformed files
        -  Runtime option to choose if malformed files should be parsed or raise
           exceptions
        -  Improved API
        -  Metadata extraction, stream/storage timestamps (e.g. for document
           forensics)
        -  Can open file-like objects
        -  Added setup.py and install.bat to ease installation
        -  More convenient slash-based syntax for stream paths
        -  Write features
        
        Documentation
        -------------
        
        Please see the `online
        documentation <https://bitbucket.org/decalage/olefileio_pl/wiki>`_ for
        more information, especially the `OLE
        overview <https://bitbucket.org/decalage/olefileio_pl/wiki/OLE_Overview>`_
        and the `API
        page <https://bitbucket.org/decalage/olefileio_pl/wiki/API>`_ which
        describe how to use olefile in Python applications. A copy of the same
        documentation is also provided in the doc subfolder of the olefile
        package.
        
        Real-life examples
        ------------------
        
        A real-life example: `using OleFileIO\_PL for malware analysis and
        forensics <http://blog.gregback.net/2011/03/using-remnux-for-forensic-puzzle-6/>`_.
        
        See also `this
        paper <https://computer-forensics.sans.org/community/papers/gcfa/grow-forensic-tools-taxonomy-python-libraries-helpful-forensic-analysis_6879>`_
        about python tools for forensics, which features olefile.
        
        License
        -------
        
        olefile (formerly OleFileIO\_PL) is copyright (c) 2005-2015 Philippe
        Lagadec (`http://www.decalage.info <http://www.decalage.info>`_)
        
        All rights reserved.
        
        Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
        modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
        met:
        
        -  Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
           notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
        -  Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
           notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
           documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
        
        THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS
        IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
        TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
        PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
        HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
        SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
        TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR
        PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF
        LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
        NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
        SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
        
        --------------
        
        olefile is based on source code from the OleFileIO module of the Python
        Imaging Library (PIL) published by Fredrik Lundh under the following
        license:
        
        The Python Imaging Library (PIL) is
        
        -  Copyright (c) 1997-2005 by Secret Labs AB
        -  Copyright (c) 1995-2005 by Fredrik Lundh
        
        By obtaining, using, and/or copying this software and/or its associated
        documentation, you agree that you have read, understood, and will comply
        with the following terms and conditions:
        
        Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
        associated documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby
        granted, provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies,
        and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
        supporting documentation, and that the name of Secret Labs AB or the
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Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
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