https://github.com/pat/spreadsheet-excel

Resurrecting an old gem.
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Resurrecting an old gem.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/pat/spreadsheet-excel
• Owner: pat
• Created: 2010-11-29T05:48:57.000Z (almost 14 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2010-11-29T06:55:50.000Z (almost 14 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-04-09T05:11:55.730Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Ruby
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• Size: 106 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.original.txt
  • Changelog: CHANGES

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README

        
== Description

   This is a port of John McNamara's Perl module "Spreadsheet::WriteExcel". It

   allows you to generate Microsoft Excel compatible spreadsheets (in 

   Excel 95 format) on *any* platform. These spreadsheets are viewable

   with most other popular spreadsheet programs, including Gnumeric.

== Installation

=== Standard Installation

   ruby test/ts_all.rb (optional)

   ruby install.rb

=== Gem Installation

   ruby test/ts_all.rb (optional)

   ruby spreadsheet-excel.gemspec

   gem install spreadsheet-excel-x.y.z.gem # where 'x.y.z' is the version

   or directly via RubyForge:

   gem install spreadsheet-excel

   

== Synopsis

   require "spreadsheet/excel"

   include Spreadsheet

   

   workbook = Excel.new("test.xls")

   

   format = Format.new

   format.color = "green"

   format.bold  = true

   

   worksheet = workbook.add_worksheet

   worksheet.write(0, 0, "Hello", format)

   worksheet.write(1, 1, ["Matz","Larry","Guido"])

   

   workbook.close

== What it doesn't do

   There is no support for formulas (yet).

   There is no support for worksheets greater than 7 MB.

   You cannot read/parse an existing spreadsheet with this package.

== Regarding formula support

   Simple formulas are easy enough, but to handle complex formulas in a

   reasonable fashion requires a parser.  John used "Parse::RecDescent" in his

   own code to parse formulas and I will need something similar to do so as

   well. Since I'm not too good at parsing, and I don't personally have the

   need for formula support, I'm more or less waiting for a patch.

== Regarding the 7MB limit

   Getting past the 7 MB limit requires an interface to the MS structured

   storage format.  This doesn't exist (yet) in Ruby.  For more on structured

   storage documents, download this: http://www.i3a.org/pdf/wg1n1017.pdf

   (there's a structured storage section).  That, and there is information

   about structured storage on the MSDN website at http://microsoft.msdn.com

== More information

   See the documentation in the 'doc' directory for more details.

== Known Bugs

   None that I'm aware of.  If you find any, please log them on the project

   page at http://rubyspreadsheet.sf.net.

== License

   Ruby's

== Copyright

   (C) 2005, Daniel J. Berger

   All Rights Reserved

== Author

   Daniel J. Berger

   djberg96 at gmail dot com

   IRC nickname: imperator/mok/rubyhacker1 (freenode)

== Maintainer 

   Hannes Wyss

   [email protected]