But if you name the file <something>.html.xls, for all the users know, they are downloading Excel files..... :)
David -----Original Message----- From: Frankie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format. yeah, I agree with all of that.. problem is the end user is not gonna understand downloadin the data as html.. so I went looking at cpan and found this: http://search.cpan.org/author/JMCNAMARA/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-0.40/WriteExc el.pm it creates what is as close to standards compliant xls as possible.. so maybe that will have to do for now... csv is just missing to much... I need basic formatting.. rgds Franki -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Praedor Atrebates Sent: Wednesday, 2 April 2003 1:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] open source spreadsheet file format. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 01 April 2003 11:57 am, JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote: > I was able to get it to open in OO.o Calc only after naming the html file > spreadsheet.html.xls. The .xls extension is required or OO.o opens the file > (as you saw) in it's silly HTML editor. [...] > The idea behind HTML is that it's a good presentation format. For those who > can upload the HTML into a spreadsheet it's a dandy format for manipulation > as well. For those who can't, well, at least the data can be viewed in a > browser or read in plain text. It's the most cross platform solution I can > think of... Well, since you desire to present the data/info, as you conclude HTML would appear to be the best option. Being able to open the file in a spreadsheet app should only be important if others need to make changes to the data via spreadsheet functions. As I think about it, I don't see much basis for anyone to come up with a "universal" spreadsheet format. Certainly, OO/SO, gnumeric, and kspread developers COULD do so but it would be universal only to them and leave out excel and lotus users (M$ would have no reason whatsoever to support such a format unless OO/SO use really took off and they were forced to). Tex-based could be useful, as would a STANDARD use of XML, but I don't think any would be better overall than HTML for presentation, only for manipulation in a mixed environment. praedor - -- Gods are fragile things; they may be killed by a whiff of science or a dose of common sense. -- Chapman Cohen Fingerprint: D170 2A02 B426 6AA0 5E68 3EDC 68AA FDB0 961E 4F18 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+icqYaKr9sJYeTxgRAlXAAJ9Fti3LaADO2SEwxbck9ELiXgW9DwCghiQi WPt5OhJEZ1XpsebwL7W1WY8= =A4Qo -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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