This can be done. I need to check the licence of the xls readers. On Mar 16, 3:45 am, Vincent Borghi <vincent.borgh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello > > I have used web2py to (quickly) implement a simple phone directory of > customer contacts, > for a small phone call center. > Before that, people tried to maintain their contact information in an > Excel spreadsheet > that was exchanged thru mail and/or a windows sharedc folder... > > ( Also note that I deal with two zope/plone sites, but I cannot (/don't want) > to > fully understand all the stuff that has been added/changed with the > Plone 3 release > and soon the Plone 4 one -- too complicated for me. > However, as a CMS, Plone has advantages, and afaik there is nothing really > production-ready in the web2py world ) > > By the way: > Feature request: xlstoweb2py > =============================== > For me, web2py could be the killer framework everywhere there are > simple xls Excel files > circulating among people who try to share and maintain information as > they can (and > they are numerous in many companies...). > > In fact, in many cases, Excel sheets made by people involve no formula, but > are > just tables of static data. To deal with this frequent use case, I am > looking for an > "xlstoweb2py" utility that would take an xls file as input, and would > automatically > convert the data to an sqlite database, would build a base web2py application > implementing CRUD features and perhaps some form of access control policy. > The base app would be possibly ready to use, but as the resulting code would > be > web2py- and python-based, it would be easy for a > developer/administrator (as me) to customize/enhance the generated app. > > For me, such a "xlstoweb2py" would be a killer app. > We could even imagine a web service oriented towards the end-user (not to > developers), which would allow the user to upload an xls file, and in > turn, would > generate and host a (possibly customizable) web app for the user, to let him > manage/share his data thru the web. > > Regards > Vincent Borghi > > PS: thanks to web2py developers for theit great work!
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