What I do for Excel export is all handled on the server side. In my
case I am using php for the backend, so I use a library call PHPExcel to
build the spreadsheet and then I either attach it to an email, or pass
it back to the browser. There are good libraries available for most
backend languages (I have used Java, Python and .Net versions), so that
puts you back in the religious wars...
I have also done the formatting in the Flex App and passed the complete
text of an Excel 2003 file to the app server to have it turned around
and sent back in a new window. That is the same basic idea as putting
it in to the clipboard, but a bit more transparent to the user. In any
case, I prefer formatting the data on the app server, not the client for
excel and I get the added benefit of being able to send reports by email
as excel attachments.
If anyone wants the code, I'd be happy to give it away...
Thanks,
Ben
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Tom Chiverton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Wednesday 30 Jan 2008, Johannes Nel wrote:
just create a csv file, you are making it way more complex than
needed
Unless he needs the things you can't get in CSV like style
information,
formula etc.
--
Tom Chiverton
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