Accessing Excel.xls files

[digelo]

Hi
Is there anyway to accessing Excel files without having excel or something installed? (for saving my data into excel sels)

[dedndave]

i think Open Office and Libre Office will open them
the XLS format is fairly well documented

for simple things, store it as a CSV file (probably what you want)
you can store the data, but not the cell formulas

[Magnum]

I would do an advanced search here using "freeware open xls" or xls file editor.

http://us.yhs4.search.yahoo.com/web/advanced?ei=UTF-8&fr=altavista&p=

[digelo]

the XLS format is fairly well documented

is there any Library that i can use it in my masm32 software?

[dedndave]

i am sure there are
i did a quick search and found one for C++ and one for .NET   ::)
you just have to look farther

i did come across these links that may be helpful

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313118.aspx
http://www.openoffice.org/sc/excelfileformat.pdf

[dedndave]

i just remembered
seems like there was something in the old forum
let me look over there

[dedndave]

had a little luck, there

the ObjAsm32 project by BiteRider seems to include something called ExcelHost
BiteRider is a very active and proficient coder
the library uses COM, so it is not super-simple   :P
but, support is probably available - maybe a sub-forum for it, over there

http://www.asmcommunity.net/projects/objasm32/

some other links i found
there were 17 pages of people using the word "excellent" - lol
i didn't go through them all

http://www.masmforum.com/board/index.php?topic=14456.msg116567#msg116567
http://www.masmforum.com/board/index.php?topic=14397.0

[Magnum]

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet application developed by Microsoft for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for Applications. It has been a very widely applied spreadsheet for these platforms, especially since version 5 in 1993, and it has replaced Lotus 1-2-3 as the industry standard for spreadsheets. Excel forms part of Microsoft Office. The current versions are 2013 for Microsoft Windows[1] and 2011 for Mac OS X.[2]

Is Excel now abandonware ?

[dedndave]

i doubt it - office is a big money maker

[Magnum]

SuperDave,

I reported you to m.s.   Just kidding.

You have nothing to worry about.

I suspect that I am on a m.s. hit-list.

I think a lot of folks are scared of m.s.

I have posted legitimate questions and tried my best to be objective.

I compliment good work.

There are times when the ten foot pole marks hurt.

Later gals and guys,
                                  Andy

[jj2007]

Andy,

GelSheet might be worth a try:
GelSheet is a free and open source web spreadsheet that allow users to create, edit and export in many formats your everyday work.

It's intended to run either standalone or integrated within another web tool.
Similar: BlueShoes and this impressive EditGrid demo. Finally, Gnumeric seems interesting, too.

hth,
Jochen

@Dave: Use "excel" with brackets to tell Google that it is not excellent ;-)

[Magnum]

Andy,

hth,
Jochen

@Dave: Use "excel" with brackets to tell Google that it is not excellent ;-)

So, are brackets code for P.O.S. ?

Dave will know what that means.  :t

Bis morgen,
                   Andy

[Vortex]

Gnumeric - The GNOME Office Spreadsheet

The Gnumeric spreadsheet is part of the GNOME desktop environment: a project to create a free, user friendly desktop environment.

Gnumeric will import your existing Microsoft Excel files. Import filters also exist for Lotus 1-2-3, Applix, Sylk, XBase, Open Office, Quattro Pro, Dif, Plan Perfect, and Oleo files, but these import filters are less complete.

http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/

http://portableapps.com/apps/office/gnumeric_portable

[dedndave]

Jochen - yes - google is nice
in fact, there are a few nice tricks that can be used with google
although - lately, they have modified their format - it's going backwards, if you ask me

but the old masm forum search tool isn't as robust

[Magnum]

Speaking of Excel, it's hijacked all .csv files and insists on using their icon instead of the icon of a freeware program Anger Writer.

On a side note, I wonder why 168 icons of just one type are really necessary ?

I am working on a "variable shield harmonics discombobulater." CSV will not stay assimilated.  :t

I forgot the exact wording,  but "Sometimes you just have to get down to the hardware."

Andy