We've seen lots of issues with Excel opening spreadsheets saved by OpenOffice/LibreOffice -- no doubt because it's the same library generating the files!
I'm all for dropping XLS and putting that time elsewhere... Regarding a more generic XML format, these could easily be generated by the web services ;-) Cheers, John Locke http://www.freelock.com On 05/26/2012 06:24 AM, Chris Travers wrote: > Hi all; > > I have found that I am unable to open the XLS documents generated by > LedgerSMB. I have endeavored to fix this in the current framework to > no avail. I think the best course of action is to drop XLS as a > supported format and look for a replacement that Excel users can use. > > There are a few options here that occur to me and I wanted to get > feedback. Obviously we already have two formats that Excel can read > (ODS and CSV). The templates for ODS can use some work (I think > Seneca designed the outlines of ODS for testing purposes back when she > did this work). > > I think that XLS format is a bit redundant as long as we advertise > that ODS, Gnumeric, etc. can be read in Excel and forms a true > spreadsheet. Removing (albeit broken) XLS support would mean fewer > points of testing, as well. However there is also the question of > whether we should also offer a sort of generic tabular XML for reports > in 1.4 and pricelists in 1.3 and 1.4. This would also be usable in > Excel from what I have read, and it might have other uses as well. > > What do people here think? > > Best Wishes, > Chris Travers > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Live Security Virtual Conference > Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and > threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions > will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware > threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ > _______________________________________________ > Ledger-smb-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-devel > > !DSPAM:4fc0dc0e314441675811784! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Ledger-smb-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ledger-smb-devel
