Re: [dev] Re: [documentation-dev] creating Excel files

2006-07-17 Thread Mathias Bauer
Matt Needles wrote: > On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 18:20 +0200, Tom Schindl wrote: >> Do you really need to get xls why not PDF? Do people have to change >> things afterwards? >> >> Tom >> >> Dave Calkins schrieb: >> > Tom Schindl wrote: >> >>> either. Which is why we're looking for something to let us

Re: [dev] Re: [documentation-dev] creating Excel files

2006-07-06 Thread Dave Calkins
Henrik Sundberg wrote: > > If I were doing this, to avoid trying to produce a binary file in a > > format that is not documented outside of Redmond, I would try producing > > a file using the new Office XML format. That might be easier, too. > > > > > > I didn't think the new format opened in

Re: [dev] Re: [documentation-dev] creating Excel files

2006-07-06 Thread Henrik Sundberg
2006/7/5, Matt Needles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 15:16 -0400, Dave Calkins wrote: > Matt Needles wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 18:20 +0200, Tom Schindl wrote: > > > >> Do you really need to get xls why not PDF? Do people have to change > >> things afterwards? > >> > >> Tom > >

Re: [dev] Re: [documentation-dev] creating Excel files

2006-07-05 Thread Dave Calkins
Dave Calkins wrote: Matt Needles wrote: If I were doing this, to avoid trying to produce a binary file in a format that is not documented outside of Redmond, I would try producing a file using the new Office XML format. That might be easier, too. I didn't think the new format opened i

Re: [dev] Re: [documentation-dev] creating Excel files

2006-07-05 Thread Dave Calkins
Matt Needles wrote: If I were doing this, to avoid trying to produce a binary file in a format that is not documented outside of Redmond, I would try producing a file using the new Office XML format. That might be easier, too. I didn't think the new format opened in older versions of off

Re: [dev] Re: [documentation-dev] creating Excel files

2006-07-04 Thread Matt Needles
On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 15:16 -0400, Dave Calkins wrote: > Matt Needles wrote: > > On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 18:20 +0200, Tom Schindl wrote: > > > >> Do you really need to get xls why not PDF? Do people have to change > >> things afterwards? > >> > >> Tom > >> > >> Dave Calkins schrieb: > >> > >>

Re: [dev] Re: [documentation-dev] creating Excel files

2006-07-04 Thread David Fraser
Tom Schindl wrote: > Dave Calkins schrieb: > >> Niklas Nebel wrote: >> >>> Dave Calkins wrote: >>> I'd like to be able to export to an Excel file from my app which will be running in a shop floor environment on a machine which would not have MS Office or Open Office in

Re: [dev] Re: [documentation-dev] creating Excel files

2006-07-04 Thread Dave Calkins
Matt Needles wrote: On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 18:20 +0200, Tom Schindl wrote: Do you really need to get xls why not PDF? Do people have to change things afterwards? Tom Dave Calkins schrieb: Tom Schindl wrote: either. Which is why we're looking for something to let us directly wr

Re: [dev] Re: [documentation-dev] creating Excel files

2006-07-04 Thread Dave Calkins
Yes, our users definitely want the Excel generation. Now that you mention it, I wouldn't be surprised if PDF generation was in the future as well, but we definitely need to generate Excel as an option. My guess is that the file is generated and then further down the pipeline on a different ma

Re: [dev] Re: [documentation-dev] creating Excel files

2006-07-04 Thread Matt Needles
On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 18:20 +0200, Tom Schindl wrote: > Do you really need to get xls why not PDF? Do people have to change > things afterwards? > > Tom > > Dave Calkins schrieb: > > Tom Schindl wrote: > >>> either. Which is why we're looking for something to let us directly > >>> write the bina

Re: [dev] Re: [documentation-dev] creating Excel files

2006-07-04 Thread Tom Schindl
Do you really need to get xls why not PDF? Do people have to change things afterwards? Tom Dave Calkins schrieb: > Tom Schindl wrote: >>> either. Which is why we're looking for something to let us directly >>> write the binary file format and OOo seemed liked a good possibility. >>> >> >> D

Re: [dev] Re: [documentation-dev] creating Excel files

2006-07-04 Thread Dave Calkins
Tom Schindl wrote: either. Which is why we're looking for something to let us directly write the binary file format and OOo seemed liked a good possibility. Did you thought about jakarta-POI? Thanks for the pointer. I'll definitely take a look at that as well. The downside there is

Re: [dev] Re: [documentation-dev] creating Excel files

2006-07-04 Thread Tom Schindl
Dave Calkins schrieb: > Niklas Nebel wrote: >> Dave Calkins wrote: >>> I'd like to be able to export to an Excel file from my app which will >>> be running in a shop floor environment on a machine which would not >>> have MS Office or Open Office installed. >> >> Why don't you just install OOo and

Re: [dev] Re: [documentation-dev] creating Excel files

2006-07-04 Thread Dave Calkins
Niklas Nebel wrote: Dave Calkins wrote: I'd like to be able to export to an Excel file from my app which will be running in a shop floor environment on a machine which would not have MS Office or Open Office installed. Why don't you just install OOo and control it using the API? I don't have

Re: [dev] Re: [documentation-dev] creating Excel files

2006-07-04 Thread Niklas Nebel
Dave Calkins wrote: I'd like to be able to export to an Excel file from my app which will be running in a shop floor environment on a machine which would not have MS Office or Open Office installed. Why don't you just install OOo and control it using the API? Would it be feasible to re-use th

[dev] Re: [documentation-dev] creating Excel files

2006-07-04 Thread Dave Calkins
Looks like I posted to the wrong area. oops! If anyone can provide any advice wrt creating Excel files using OpenOffice.org, I'd appreciate it. You can see my original post in the below. I'd like to be able to export to an Excel file from my app which will be running in a shop floor enviro

[dev] Re: [documentation-dev] creating Excel files

2006-07-03 Thread Sigrid Kronenberger
Hi Dave, Dave Calkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > I'm developing a commercial app which generates large data sets. We > have a need to be able to create Excel files containing the data along > > with charts, images, etc. I was thinking a good option might be to > re-use the relevant Open