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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: export excel
From:       Sean McGlynn <sean () tmiau ! com>
Date:       2002-11-10 12:10:36
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On Sunday 10 November 2002 10:24, Ariya Hidayat wrote:
> > I will go ahead and start the export filter from scratch.
> > That will eliminate any licensing issue.
> > Also that means it will not be in sync with other projects (Apache POI,
> > Gnumeric).
> > I work on other projects too, so don't expect it to be a fast
> > developement.
>
> Another problem: writing Excel export filter will require OLE storage
> library. All MS Office document is stored this way. KLaola which is used in
> koffice/olefilters can only _read_ OLE document. You have two choices:
> libole2 or libgsf (have a look in GNOME CVS). Well, there's third one: my
> own (unfinished) POLE. At the moment, it supports reading and already used
> in StarWriter import filter (and _perhaps_ libwv2). I'll finish OLE writing
> support once I'm bored with this RTF filter.
>
> OTOH, I also suggest you to look at Apache POI (actually it's the HSSF that
> deals with Excel stuff more or less). Design-wise, it's just very nice.
> Feel free to flood my mailbox if you want to discuss the architecture in
> details.

You might also want to have a look at http://chicago.sourceforge.net for 
links and docs, and also the Spreadsheet-WriteExcel Perl module at 
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel

Cheers,
Sean
-- 
Sean McGlynn
sean@tmiau.com
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