Actually I'm no fan of MS, but Execl is one of the (few)
applications that they got right. As part of that getting it right, they
designed it to read in comma separated files almost transparently. This
is the route I tend to take, esp. since I like my data in a more "vanilla"
form. Just return the data as a application/csv and end it with ".csv"
and poof, you've got a spreadsheet. You can even use JSPs to generate it.
;)
On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Danny Rubis wrote:
> Hey!
>
> >poor me, i'm thinking to give this up and use asp instead.....
>
> Yes, poor you. If your customer's requirements include Excel
> you are better off staying with Microsoft. It reads like you
> prefer VB anyway. Now there's a 'language' I dare not even
> comment about. :>)
>
> Once you put Excel into you app. you are stuck with
> Windows and Intel.
>
> I tried Excel and it made our apps so unstable
> that I had to pull it out. BTW, AlphaWorks dropped
> the "ExcelAccessor" bean. It would be nice to know why.
> Could it be the above.
>
> I suggest that you solve this requirement using Java.
>
> BTW, this is a SERVLET-INTEREST list not VB.
>
> Please don't be offended by these comments.
>
> Sans adieu,
> Danny Rubis
>
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