diff --git a/BiffViewer.launch b/BiffViewer.launch
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index 000000000..de070c9a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BiffViewer.launch
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<launchConfiguration type="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.localJavaApplication">
+<listAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.core.MAPPED_RESOURCE_PATHS">
+<listEntry value="/ApachePOI/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/dev/BiffViewer.java"/>
+</listAttribute>
+<listAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.core.MAPPED_RESOURCE_TYPES">
+<listEntry value="1"/>
+</listAttribute>
+<listAttribute key="org.eclipse.debug.ui.favoriteGroups">
+<listEntry value="org.eclipse.debug.ui.launchGroup.debug"/>
+<listEntry value="org.eclipse.debug.ui.launchGroup.run"/>
+</listAttribute>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.MAIN_TYPE" value="org.apache.poi.hssf.dev.BiffViewer"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PROGRAM_ARGUMENTS" value="/tmp/45312.xls"/>
+<stringAttribute key="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.PROJECT_ATTR" value="ApachePOI"/>
+</launchConfiguration>
diff --git a/view.sh b/view.sh
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+++ b/view.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# find jar-file with highest version number
+for i in `ls build/dist/poi-*.jar | grep -v -- "-sources" | grep -v -- "-examples" | grep -v -- "-excelant" | grep -v -- "-ooxml" | grep -v -- "-scratchpad"`;do
+	CP=$i
+done
+echo Using jar $CP
+
+java -cp $CP org.apache.poi.hssf.dev.BiffViewer --escher "$@"