[plug] Slightly OT: Excel/Linux

[Shackleton, Kevin]

And another:
http://www.axolot.com/components/xlsreadwrite.htm
withthe added advantage that it's free!

I'll download it and sometime in the next few days make up a demo XL
read/writer.

K.

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> From: 	Denis Brown[SMTP:dsbrown at cyllene.uwa.edu.au]
> Reply To: 	plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Sent: 	Monday, 28 August 2000 13:52
> To: 	plug at plug.linux.org.au
> Subject: 	RE: [plug] Slightly OT: Excel/Linux
> 
> Thanks Colin for the suggestion re- exporting Excel cells as text.
> 
> For interest, while working with that idea I hit upon the idea of 
> validation.  Sure enough, Excel supports validation and auditing with a 
> glaringly-obvious red circle graphic around non-conforming 
> cells.  Configure to validate date columns as numeric with value != 0.
> Set 
> that up and seems to work well.  Have provided that as interim solution to
> 
> the client.  Will continue to explore gnumeric, Delphi and so on 
> alternatives as time permits.
> 
> Thanks,
> Denis
> 
>