title: How to open an .xlsb file in R?
body: <p>I'm trying to open an .xlsb file in R and keep getting similar errors. </p>
  
  <p>Any recommendations on how to solve this issue without having to download the data and save it in a different formate? </p>
  
  <pre><code>read.xlsx(paste(OutputLocation,FileName, sep=""), sheetName = "Master Data")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Error messages:</strong>
  Error in .jcall("RJavaTools", "Ljava/lang/Object;", "invokeMethod", cl,  : 
    org.apache.poi.xssf.XLSBUnsupportedException: .XLSB Binary Workbooks are not supported</p>
  
  <pre><code>rigDataWB&lt;-loadWorkbook(paste(OutputLocation,FileName, sep=""))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>Error messages:</strong>
  Error: XLSBUnsupportedException (Java): .XLSB Binary Workbooks are not supported</p>
  
  <p><strong>Please note:</strong> </p>
  
  <p>I cannot install Perl libraries. </p>
  
  <p>I'm running 64bit R. </p>
  
  <p><strong>Reference:</strong>
  <a href="http://www.milanor.net/blog/?p=779">http://www.milanor.net/blog/?p=779</a></p>
  
  <p><strong>My data is from:</strong> 
  <a href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=79687&amp;p=irol-reportsother">http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=79687&amp;p=irol-reportsother</a></p>