diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/excel8demo/excel8read.lpi b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/excel8demo/excel8read.lpi
index 0b51dd708..43f419d9e 100644
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/excel8demo/excel8read.lpi
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/examples/excel8demo/excel8read.lpi
@@ -1,21 +1,22 @@
 <?xml version="1.0"?>
 <CONFIG>
   <ProjectOptions>
+    <Version Value="9"/>
     <PathDelim Value="\"/>
-    <Version Value="7"/>
     <General>
       <Flags>
-        <AlwaysBuild Value="False"/>
         <LRSInOutputDirectory Value="False"/>
       </Flags>
       <SessionStorage Value="InProjectDir"/>
       <MainUnit Value="0"/>
-      <TargetFileExt Value=""/>
       <UseXPManifest Value="True"/>
     </General>
     <VersionInfo>
-      <StringTable Comments="" CompanyName="" FileDescription="" FileVersion="0.0.0.0" InternalName="" LegalCopyright="" LegalTrademarks="" OriginalFilename="" ProductName="" ProductVersion=""/>
+      <StringTable ProductVersion=""/>
     </VersionInfo>
+    <BuildModes Count="1">
+      <Item1 Name="default" Default="True"/>
+    </BuildModes>
     <PublishOptions>
       <Version Value="2"/>
       <IgnoreBinaries Value="False"/>
@@ -42,11 +43,16 @@
     </Units>
   </ProjectOptions>
   <CompilerOptions>
-    <Version Value="8"/>
+    <Version Value="10"/>
     <PathDelim Value="\"/>
     <SearchPaths>
-      <IncludeFiles Value="$(ProjOutDir)\"/>
+      <IncludeFiles Value="$(ProjOutDir)"/>
     </SearchPaths>
+    <Parsing>
+      <SyntaxOptions>
+        <UseAnsiStrings Value="False"/>
+      </SyntaxOptions>
+    </Parsing>
     <Other>
       <CompilerMessages>
         <UseMsgFile Value="True"/>
diff --git a/components/fpspreadsheet/xlsbiff8.pas b/components/fpspreadsheet/xlsbiff8.pas
index f7f1829b0..0e90836d2 100755
--- a/components/fpspreadsheet/xlsbiff8.pas
+++ b/components/fpspreadsheet/xlsbiff8.pas
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ end;
 procedure TsSpreadBIFF8Writer.WriteLabel(AStream: TStream; const ARow,
   ACol: Word; const AValue: string; ACell: PCell);
 var
-  L: Word;
+  L, RecLen: Word;
   WideValue: WideString;
 begin
   WideValue := UTF8Decode(AValue);
@@ -861,7 +861,8 @@ begin
 
   { BIFF Record header }
   AStream.WriteWord(WordToLE(INT_EXCEL_ID_LABEL));
-  AStream.WriteWord(WordToLE(8 + 1 + L * Sizeof(WideChar)));
+  RecLen := 8 + 1 + L * Sizeof(WideChar);
+  AStream.WriteWord(WordToLE(RecLen));
 
   { BIFF Record data }
   AStream.WriteWord(WordToLE(ARow));
@@ -1332,6 +1333,7 @@ begin
     { Read the record header }
     RecordType := WordLEToN(AStream.ReadWord);
     RecordSize := WordLEToN(AStream.ReadWord);
+    PendingRecordSize:=RecordSize;
 
     CurStreamPos := AStream.Position;