On Sunday 06 Apr 2003 2:28 pm, Adolfo Bello wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 10:46, Frankie wrote:
> > its not in xls format...
> >
> > its currently csv, and as far as I know, having a perl script create xls
> > format data would be quiet hard..
> >
> >
> > Also, I don't want to support M$ file form
On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 10:46, Frankie wrote:
> its not in xls format...
>
> its currently csv, and as far as I know, having a perl script create xls
> format data would be quiet hard..
>
>
> Also, I don't want to support M$ file formats..
>
>
> Thats why I was hoping there was an rtf type forma
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On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 02:36, Frankie wrote:
> by that same analogy, rtf should not exist either and data can be handed
out
>
On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 02:36, Frankie wrote:
> by that same analogy, rtf should not exist either and data can be handed out
> as txt files with no formating...
> users could add the own formatting..
>
> I am simply trying to see things though the eyes of our users, who vary form
> developers to com
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> I can make do assumptions about the systems of the end user... nor about
>
> I can make do assumptions about the systems of the end user... nor about
> their knowledge level.
I can understand that. The end user will just get the data and import
it into their favorite spreadsheet or what have you. And it's a given
that html is not something that is going to come into a
sp
it'll have
to do till someone comes up with rtf for spreadsheets.
regards
Franki
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ing a session file.
It works now.. and its reusable code..so it'll do.
rgds
Franki
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On Tuesday 01 April 2003 11:46, Frankie wrote:
> its not in xls format...
>
> its currently csv, and as far as I know, having a perl script create xls
> format data would be quiet hard..
Is saving as HTML not an option?
Damian
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> I have to write a webapp with a downlaod option for the data..
> at present the format is in .csv (comma seperated values)
OK, most if not all spreadsheets can take CSV. (csv is nearly
identical to Basic DATA statement format, without the DATA tokens, in
case anyone's wondering).
It seems you
On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 10:44, diego wrote:
> XML is universal and should perform ok with any perl/whatever script to
> convert to/from any other format. Only backdraw I can think of is
> unefficiency (you'd probably end with much more tags than data
> itself)...
>
> Anyway, it seems you have
On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 06:20, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 3:10 pm, Frankie wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I have to write a webapp with a downlaod option for the data..
> > at present the format is in .csv (comma seperated values)
> >
> > however there are massive limitations to what cs
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> > XML is universal and should perform
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> XML is universal and should perform ok with any perl/whatever script to
> convert to/from any other format. Only backdraw I can think
On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 8:21 pm, Frankie wrote:
> I also got headers of a sort with csv now as well..
> I had the headings in an array (a list)... so I did a count on them.. and
> inserted this in the script:
> $csv_output .= '-,' x $count;
>
> so it adds an underline for each header...
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Frankie wrote:
> so maybe that will have to do for now... csv is just missing to much... I
> need basic formatting..
Why not try the original standard SS file formats, Lotus 1-2-3 v1A (WKS)
or v2 (WK1)? AFAIK, there is no such
IIRC, OpenOffice.org is working with OASIS to correct this very problem
Here's hoping...
David
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X
XML is universal and should perform ok with any perl/whatever script to
convert to/from any other format. Only backdraw I can think of is
unefficiency (you'd probably end with much more tags than data
itself)...
Anyway, it seems you have hit a good point: missing aplication
standards!!
ach header...
gives it some seperation from the data..
testing in OOo looks ok..
rgds
Franki
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Frankie wrote:
> so maybe that will have to do for now... csv is just missing to much... I
> need basic formatting..
Why not try the original standard SS file formats, Lotus 1-2-3 v1A (WKS)
or v2 (WK1)? AFAIK, there is no such thing as a spreadsheet app that
can't handle at least one of them. My
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On Tuesday 01 April 2003 12:54 pm, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 6:21 pm, Praedor Atrebates wrote:
> > As I think about it, I don't see much basis for anyone to come up with a
> > "universal" spreadsheet format. Certainly, OO/SO, gnumeri
On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 6:45 pm, Frankie wrote:
> yeah, I agree with all of that..
>
> problem is the end user is not gonna understand downloadin the data as
> html..
>
> so I went looking at cpan and found this:
> http://search.cpan.org/author/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.40/WriteEx
>c el.pm
On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 6:21 pm, Praedor Atrebates wrote:
> As I think about it, I don't see much basis for anyone to come up with a
> "universal" spreadsheet format. Certainly, OO/SO, gnumeric, and kspread
> developers COULD do so but it would be universal only to them and leave out
> excel and lo
But if you name the file .html.xls, for all the users know, they
are downloading Excel files. :)
David
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On Tuesday 01 April 2003 11:57 am, JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote:
> I was able to get it to open in OO.o Calc only after naming the html file
> spreadsheet.html.xls. The .xls extension is re
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On Tuesday 01 April 2003 11:57 am, JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote:
> I was able to get it to open in OO.o Calc only after naming the html file
> spreadsheet.html.xls. The .xls extension is required or OO.o opens the file
> (as you saw) in it's silly
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On Tuesday 01 April 2003 11:18 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 4:55 pm,
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> On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 4:55 pm, JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote:
> > I would suggest trying HTML. Since you're using Perl, it should be a no
> > brainier to create an HTML file that you can feed
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On Tuesday 01 April 2003 10:58 am, Jack Coates wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-04
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On Tuesday 01 April 2003 11:18 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 4:55 pm, JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote:
> > I would suggest trying HTML. Since you're using Perl, it should be a no
> > brainier to create an HTML file that you can feed
Thanks!
I'll send the file via private Email in a minute or so...
David
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On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 4:
On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 4:55 pm, JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote:
> I would suggest trying HTML. Since you're using Perl, it should be a no
> brainier to create an HTML file that you can feed to whatever your client
> is. I just tried a simple HTML file with both Excel (via CrossOver Office)
> and
On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 5:07 pm, Praedor Atrebates wrote:
> So what IS wrong with *.csv? You can format it so that it is compatible
> with windoze or Mac or linux/unix. It is a simple text file and is
> importable readable by virtually anything (as Anna stated).
>
The original post said that he h
On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 4:58 pm, Jack Coates wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 07:51, Frankie wrote:
> > thats great
> >
> > do u have a suggestion for me as to a spreadsheet format ???
>
> .sxw if you must be free, and encourage people to use OpenOffice on all
> platforms, or .xls if you want to g
On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 4:36 pm, Praedor Atrebates wrote:
> I certainly understand the desire to not support M$ file formats. Even
> though M$ doesn't gain directly from such support, they do peripherally.
> It perpetuates the use of M$ software and the idea that M$ is a "standard"
> that people n
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On Tuesday 01 April 2003 10:58 am, Jack Coates wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 07:51, Frankie wrote:
> > thats great
> >
> > do u have a suggestion for me as to a spreadsheet format ???
>
> .sxw if you must be free, and encourage people to use OpenO
preadsheet version?
>
nope.
>
> seems odd..
>
>
> rgds
>
> Franki
>
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uesday, April 01, 2003 7:11 AM
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Hi guys,
I have to write a webapp with a downlaod option for the data..
at present the format is in .csv (comma seperated values)
however there are massive limitations to what csv can display
Praedor Atrebates
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On Tuesday 01 April 2003 10:07 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 3:46 pm, Frankie wrote:
> > its n
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On Tuesday 01 April 2003 10:07 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 3:46 pm, Frankie wrote:
> > its not in xls format...
> >
> > its currently csv, and as far as I know, having a perl script create xls
> > format data would be quiet hard..
>
On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 3:46 pm, Frankie wrote:
> its not in xls format...
>
> its currently csv, and as far as I know, having a perl script create xls
> format data would be quiet hard..
>
I suggested this because just about any spreadsheet can read/write .xls. I
use Gnumeric, and use .xls to cro
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On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 3:10 pm, Frankie wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I have to write a webapp w
On Tuesday 01 Apr 2003 3:10 pm, Frankie wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I have to write a webapp with a downlaod option for the data..
> at present the format is in .csv (comma seperated values)
>
> however there are massive limitations to what csv can display. notably
> there is no way to make headers of fo
Hi guys,
I have to write a webapp with a downlaod option for the data..
at present the format is in .csv (comma seperated values)
however there are massive limitations to what csv can display. notably there
is no way to make headers of format the data at all
In word processors we have rich text
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