Re: [flexcoders] Flex version of excel spreadsheet?

[Paul Andrews]

On 29/06/2010 15:53, Gregor Kiddie wrote:



How about running open office on your back end, having it open the 
spreadsheet on request and doing the work there?




It's an interesting idea. I'll check it out.

Paul


Gk.

Re: [flexcoders] Flex version of excel spreadsheet?

[Paul Andrews]

On 29/06/2010 15:49, Tom Chiverton wrote:



On Monday 28 Jun 2010 14:51:29 you wrote:
> As far as I know the only way to make use of what they have is
> to build a Java calculation engine that runs on the server and takes
> inputs from the Flex front end and returns the outputs.

As long as they don't mind telling someone else (under NDA / 
no-compete) it

should be easy enough to replicate the calculations in any server side
language of your choice.


Yes, you're right. They aren't quite in that mindset yet - basically I 
have an Excel expert but not a software developer and the expectation 
was that it would be an easy translate  still using Excel at heart.


Paul




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Re: [flexcoders] Flex version of excel spreadsheet?

[Paul Andrews]

On 29/06/2010 15:20, Andriy Panas wrote:



Have a look at AS3XLS library

http://code.google.com/p/as3xls/

Example of the usage:
http://ippblog.intuit.com/blog/2010/06/flex-to-excel-or-excel-to-flex-now-that-is-the-question.html

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That's an interesting idea, but I need to have a remote service that 
runs the excel formulas on demand - not quite the same thing.


Thanks for posting it.

Paul




On 29 June 2010 17:10, Paul Andrews > wrote:


On 29/06/2010 10:43, dorkie dork from dorktown wrote:

all your questions will be answered with google spreadsheets and
google domain key...


The idea is that the user has a slick UI and doesn't have access
to the formulas, so I'm not sure Google Spreadsheets helps.

Ideally I need a spreadsheet engine that is accessible
to/controllable by a flex front end.

Paul

Re: [flexcoders] Flex version of excel spreadsheet?

[Jeffry Houser]

Paul,

 I'd love to find out more off-list.  The next Flextras component will 
be a Spreadsheet; however your described use case is not something we 
considered.  We've been designing it so that formulas are easily 
accessible; just like Excel.  Our implementation does support disabled 
cells, so as long as users aren't entering data in a "formula cell" it 
may be possible disable formula cells and enable others to make this 
work for you.


 [But, I'm not completely sure].  I can get you into the prerelease if 
you wanted to explore.


On 6/29/2010 10:10 AM, Paul Andrews wrote:


On 29/06/2010 10:43, dorkie dork from dorktown wrote:

all your questions will be answered with google spreadsheets and 
google domain key...


The idea is that the user has a slick UI and doesn't have access to 
the formulas, so I'm not sure Google Spreadsheets helps.


Ideally I need a spreadsheet engine that is accessible to/controllable 
by a flex front end.


Paul




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RE: [flexcoders] Flex version of excel spreadsheet?

[Gregor Kiddie]

How about running open office on your back end, having it open the
spreadsheet on request and doing the work there?

 

Gk.

Re: [flexcoders] Flex version of excel spreadsheet?

[Tom Chiverton]

On Monday 28 Jun 2010 14:51:29 you wrote:
> As far as I know the only way to make use of what they have is
> to build a Java calculation engine that runs on the server and takes
> inputs from the Flex front end and returns the outputs.

As long as they don't mind telling someone else (under NDA / no-compete) it 
should be easy enough to replicate the calculations in any server side 
language of your choice.

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Tom Chiverton
Helping to enormously restore dynamic out-of-the-box real-time edge-of-your-
seat metrics as part of the IT team of the year 2010, '09 and '08



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Re: [flexcoders] Flex version of excel spreadsheet?

[Andriy Panas]

Have a look at AS3XLS library

http://code.google.com/p/as3xls/

Example of the usage:
http://ippblog.intuit.com/blog/2010/06/flex-to-excel-or-excel-to-flex-now-that-is-the-question.html

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On 29 June 2010 17:10, Paul Andrews  wrote:

>
>
> On 29/06/2010 10:43, dorkie dork from dorktown wrote:
>
> all your questions will be answered with google spreadsheets and google
> domain key...
>
>
> The idea is that the user has a slick UI and doesn't have access to the
> formulas, so I'm not sure Google Spreadsheets helps.
>
> Ideally I need a spreadsheet engine that is accessible to/controllable by a
> flex front end.
>
> Paul
>
>  
>

Re: [flexcoders] Flex version of excel spreadsheet?

[Paul Andrews]

On 29/06/2010 10:43, dorkie dork from dorktown wrote:



all your questions will be answered with google spreadsheets and 
google domain key...


The idea is that the user has a slick UI and doesn't have access to the 
formulas, so I'm not sure Google Spreadsheets helps.


Ideally I need a spreadsheet engine that is accessible to/controllable 
by a flex front end.


Paul

Re: [flexcoders] Flex version of excel spreadsheet?

[dorkie dork from dorktown]

all your questions will be answered with google spreadsheets and google
domain key...

On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:51 AM, Paul Andrews  wrote:

>
>
> I have a potential client who has an excel spreadsheet they'd like to
> make into a "proper" application, delivered via a web page. Problem is
> that they are protective of the formulas used in the spreadsheet and
> don't want them running on the client (I may talk to them about that
> again). As far as I know the only way to make use of what they have is
> to build a Java calculation engine that runs on the server and takes
> inputs from the Flex front end and returns the outputs.
>
> I'm no Excel specialist so as far as I know there's no alternative to
> taking excel out of the equation for a web delivered solution.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Paul
>  
>