Well, I'll make a stab at what I would think could be useful for a generator from an excel file. I can think of two logical directions people would want to go.
1) If you are serializing to some display format (html, pdf, etc) you'd want to reproduce the data and formatting as it would appear viewed in, or printed from excel. 2) If you are using excel as a make-shift database, you would want to preserve the data structure so that it can be transformed and acted on or displayed. I would assume that both of these uses could be accomplished by just outputting the format that would have created the same style sheet to begin with, except possibly for the option to output formula results instead of the formulas. Most users would assume the formats and behaviour to be close to symetric - if start with an .xls file, run it through the generator and serializer, I ought to wind up pretty close to where I started if not exactly where I started. Does that work for a discussion starter? Geoff > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew C. Oliver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 9:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Excel generator > > > But the more important part of my answer was "What do you > want on your > generator, and > what do you wish you had on your serializer -- would you like fries > too?" Meaning I need ideas! > I'm on the fence, I want some input. > > -Andy > > Sven Kuenzler wrote: > > >> Is there an Excel Generator, which creates *from* an Excel > (xls) file > >> some XML? Or what approach would you take to convert existing Excel > >> documents into some useful XML? > > > > > > I think the previous responses missed the *from* (my emphasis) :-) > > So, read Andy's answer on the dev list. In short: No, there is no > > HSSFGenerator (yet). > > > > Sven > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Please check that your question has not already been > answered in the > > FAQ before posting. > <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > For additional commands, e-mail: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Please check that your question has not already been answered in the > FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faq/index.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
