On 11 June 2010 13:24, David Connors <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11 June 2010 13:48, Iain Carlin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> One problem I came across of late is that OWC is not supported in 64bit >> IE8. In that case you need to use Excel Web Services which are part of >> Sharepoint as David has already pointed out. >> > > I was actually referring to this: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Web_Apps > > Also, there is an OLEDB provider for Excel that we've used. It should let > you write to it pretty easily but you might be out of luck for Excel > specific stuff like creating new sheets etc. >
Sorry, I wasn't aware that Windows Live Office had been released this week (7th June). It was previously only in Beta hence my reference to Sharepoint. That would be the option if you are happy to store the data "in the cloud". If you want to host Office Web Services on-site they I believe you will need Sharepoint 2010.
