Re: Standalone Excel to csv conversion?

2022-04-29 Thread sa212+lo
Thanks for the responses - if I can reply to everyone at once: Joao - thanks, rows looks good, but I'm trying to move away from Python - I currently only need it for Excel handling Kohei - yes, pretty much what I was expecting, thanks. Unfortunately, I do need xls, for at least another year

Re: Standalone Excel to csv conversion?

2022-04-27 Thread Kohei Yoshida
On 27.04.2022 05:38, EML wrote: I've been looking for C/C++ alternatives, but the libraries I've found don't appear to be well-supported or tested, and may well have other problems. Just curious: which libraries have you looked at so far? Also, would it be feasible to use one of those

Re: Standalone Excel to csv conversion?

2022-04-27 Thread Michael Warner
EML wrote: Question: how realistic is it to hack Calc to extract a stand-alone Excel-to-csv converter? I can do the development as long as I can get usable results in a few days, and I don't have to write anything that's not C++. However, this is a non-starter if there are any Java

Re: Standalone Excel to csv conversion?

2022-04-27 Thread Kohei Yoshida
On 27.04.2022 05:38, EML wrote: Question: how realistic is it to hack Calc to extract a stand-alone Excel-to-csv converter? I can do the development as long as I can get usable results in a few days, and I don't have to write anything that's not C++. However, this is a non-starter if there are

Re: Standalone Excel to csv conversion?

2022-04-27 Thread Joao S. O. Bueno
Hi I am currently working part time in "turicas/rows" which have some of the same functionality. If you give it a try, and find it lacking in the features you are in need, just drop a message. On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 9:30 AM EML wrote: > Background: I've spent several years converting xls[x]

Standalone Excel to csv conversion?

2022-04-27 Thread EML
Background: I've spent several years converting xls[x] to csv using 'in2csv', which is a Python app. This has always been problematical, but does give correct output if you're careful with the input. However, the current version (1.0.6) has broken some functionality, so it's probably no longer