ID import of Excel what has changed from CS4 to CS5 (CS5.5)

Question

Hi all
I am writing ID scripts that clean up the formating on finanzial data. I need to fix up hundrets of tables, hence the scripting.
As my client has not moved from CS 4 to CS 5.5 the script create unexpected results.
As it turns out the import of the same Excel Sheet in CS4 vs CS 5.x creates a different starting file. (The script picks up on the lines, and this is where things go wrong)
Here is the source file in excel:
Here is the import in CS 4
Here is the import in CS 5.5
As you can see there is many more lines in the import of CS 5.5. (I also tried CS 5)
I have tested different Excel source files and I consistantly get bad results, that is the ID file looks different from the Excel source.
Question:
Has anybody else found this issue.
May this be a bug in the new CS versions?
Any help/hints greatly appreciated
Romano

Answer 1

Thanks for your answer Peter
The files / screen grabs were created manually. No scripting.
The same source Excel file was used.
Clearly CS4 vs CS5x are creating a different output.
All the lines you can see on the ID files are bottomEdgeStroke lines.
CS4 renders the table more or less as seen in the Excel sheet. CS5 adds extra strokes.
These are the things I can see at this point. I guess I am looking for the thing that I can not see, but maybe somebody else has come accross and can point out... or some sort of confirmation of this so I can get back to my client with some definitive answer.
Thank you again and talk soon
Romano