Hmm let me ask the client I wrote that for.

- Matt

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On May 28, 2011, at 8:42, Chris McCann <[email protected]> wrote:

> Matt,
> 
> That sounds like exactly what we're trying to do.  Can you share the
> library with me or let me know where to find it?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Chris
> 
> On May 27, 11:43 pm, Matt Aimonetti <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I have a lib that covers most of the Excel calculation functions and then I
>> do the processing in memory.
>> The difference with your project is that I don't display a spreadsheet, but
>> instead the final results based on hidden/admin entered || submitted
>> entries.
>> 
>> - Matt
>> 
>> On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 10:13 PM, Chris McCann <[email protected]>wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> SD Ruby,
>> 
>>> I'm looking for some suggestions on how best to provide a spreadsheet-
>>> like calculation capability in a Rails app.  I say "-like" because I'm
>>> not trying to present the user with a true web-based Excel replacement
>>> or a Google spreadsheet.
>> 
>>> Instead I'm trying to figure out the best approach for doing a bunch
>>> of financial calculations (NPV, cash flow, amortized costs, etc.)
>>> internal to the app and then present some of the data in a read-only
>>> format.  There are many time series-based calculations (cumulative
>>> cost over a number of years, increasing prices due to inflation) as
>>> well that are perfectly at home in a spreadsheet.
>> 
>>> Since this seems like a pretty common need in any app that deals with
>>> financial data I figured I'd appeal to the wealth of experience here
>>> to see if anyone has suggestions on how to approach this.  The
>>> calculations will be pretty much fixed, meaning each user will have
>>> the same "spreadsheet" but the input variables will change.
>> 
>>> There are a handful of values the user will be able to change on the
>>> fly in the view to see how the overall numbers vary so the approach
>>> has to take that into account as well.  An Ajax approach is what I'm
>>> looking for there, though a client-side JS approach would be fine,
>>> too.
>> 
>>> Let me know if you've seen a solution to this before or if you have an
>>> idea how to tackle it.
>> 
>>> Cheers,
>> 
>>> Chris
>> 
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