I've always used Npoi, however I'm not sure if it's mono compatible. On 16 Oct 2014 03:57, "Edward Ned Harvey (mono)" < edward.harvey.m...@clevertrove.com> wrote:
> > From: mono-list-boun...@lists.ximian.com [mailto:mono-list- > > boun...@lists.ximian.com] On Behalf Of Maury Markowitz > > > > I'm testing the waters for a Mono/Xamarin port of an existing VB.net code > > base. The important part of this code uses System.IO.Package to read and > > write Excel-compatible files. I see that there is some level of support > for > > Package in Mono's WindowsBase, but this does not appear to be part of the > > standard build. > > > > Can anyone offer a little color on this package? Is it suitable for > > production? If so, how would I go about building it on Windows/VS? Most > of > > the examples here appear to assume Unix and/or CLI builds. > > > > Perhaps someone has a built version as a PCL DLL they might be willing to > > send me? > > I'm just guessing it's not in great shape. My personal experience is that > it's good to use mono core assemblies and try to avoid doing anything in > lesser traveled areas - unless I'm mistaken, WindowsBase is probably pretty > far down the list of things that are useful to Xamarin and hence, probably > doesn't get much maintenance attention. At a glance, I noticed, the latest > commit to System.IO.Packaging was 2 months ago, (which is the most recent > thing in WindowsBase). > > It was unfortunately a trivial small change, and prior to that, nothing in > there had been touched in a couple of years. So *either* it's so rock > solid and stable that it doesn't need maintenance anymore, or it's just not > getting maintained. I'm going to have to say, it's clearly the latter. > > So there's your answer. That particular assembly is unfortunately out of > maintenance for now. Have you considered http://GemboxSoftware.com? I'm > sure there are other packages out there for editing excel files. Gembox is > the one I'm aware of and have used. > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - Mono-list@lists.ximian.com > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list >
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