On 2007/12/11 21:05 (GMT+0800) Zhang Weiwu apparently typed: > Dear all, this is OT but I am not sure where to ask about it:
> Usually when we work on web applications and offer user some > spreadsheets for downloading, my primary choice is CSV format. This is > because both Excel and OpenOffice users can open it. Now we need to > generate spreadsheet from the web application that has merged cells in it. > This time CSV format doesn't work, it cannot represent merged cells. > I prefer not to create Excel formats because I don't wish to encourage > use of Excel format. I cannot use ODF because no one can open it (people > use things like Excel 2003). PDF also doesn't work because we need to > allow users to do some calculation based on table sell data. Is there > another format I can offer? Before Excel even existed there was a virtually universal format used by the app that made PC spreadsheets popular - .wk1 from Lotus 1-2-3. Excel & OO should be able open it. If they can't, they're broken. -- " Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." John Adams Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
