On Feb 2, 2011, at 10:58 AM, Piotr Dziubecki wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I did a little search on the importing/processing excel files and I am
> confused a little bit:
>
>
> First of all, I found Excel plugin:
>
> http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Excel+Plugin
>
> but it's status is obsolete - "The Plugin technology has been replaced by
> Components" - so is that
> functionality available out of the box in the latest versions of XWiki ?
hmm ok we need to change the wording. Is the following better:
"
The Plugin technology has been replaced by Components. However Plugins are
still supported. We recommend extension writers to consider writing new
extensions using Component and potentially rewrite existing Plugins as
Components.{{/tooltip}}{{/error}}")
"
?
> Moreover, in the comments we can read:
>
> $xwiki.ExcelPlugin should be updated to $xwiki.calc as this is the name of
> the plugin on a newer XE > 2.1.1
>
>
> There is also another extension: Excel Import Scaffolding and it clearly
> points to the Excel plugin page.
>
> http://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Excel+Import+Scaffolding#HPrerequisites26InstallationInstructions
>
> Could someone explain what is the proper way of working with excel files
> currently, I just don't want to tie
> my code to the obsolete components.
No idea. Never used them. I'll let others with experience on this give you more
information.
Thanks
-Vincent
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