I'd like to add my two cents...

First off, I agree that a displaytag equivalent is a great idea!  Sometimes a 
simple solution is the best.  And I too have searched for a JSF equivalent to 
displaytag.  I would love to see Seam (or one of the Faces sister projects) 
provide something like this.

As far as creating true Excel sheets (similar to creating PDF), that would also 
be a nice feature.  But the simpler displaytag case whereby a user can export a 
grid into Excel is a higher priority for me that I would expect to use more 
frequently.

For what it is worth, I have been using a simple strategy for several years now 
to create an Excel file:  simply create an HTML page and specify the content 
type to be "application/vnd.ms-excel".  In ColdFusion, there is a cfcontent 
tag:<cfcontent type="application/vnd.ms-excel">And Java/JSP has a similar 
mechanism (see javax.servlet.ServletResponse.setContentType).  The neat thing 
about the HTML import is that a lot of formatting is maintained.  I've even 
managed to build formulas and Pivot Tables via HTML.


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