Access to excel spread sheets

[Jordi]

Hello,

can anyone tell what is the best way to access to a excel spread sheet from
c++?
I would be interested in read it and write it.

Thank you in advance
Jordi

[Ian Collins]

Re: Access to excel spread sheets

Jordi wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> can anyone tell what is the best way to access to a excel spread sheet from
> c++?
> I would be interested in read it and write it.
>[/color]
Good luck!

Excel is a closed format.

--
Ian Collins.

[Tom]

Re: Access to excel spread sheets

On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 08:24:27 +0100, "Jordi" <jllee@terra.es > wrote:
[color=blue]
>Hello,
>
>can anyone tell what is the best way to access to a excel spread sheet from
>c++?
>I would be interested in read it and write it.
>
>Thank you in advance
>Jordi
>[/color]
There is an extensive Visual Basic interface into Excel and several
books available on the topic. I'd start there and if you are dedicated
to C++ ... use the examples in the Visual Basic/Excel books as a
starting point.

[Ben Radford]

Re: Access to excel spread sheets

Ian Collins wrote:[color=blue]
>
> Excel is a closed format.
>[/color]

OpenOffice can handle Excel spreadsheets can't it?

--
Ben Radford
"Why is it drug addicts and computer aficionados are both called users?"

[roberts.noah@gmail.com]

Re: Access to excel spread sheets


Jordi wrote:[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> can anyone tell what is the best way to access to a excel spread sheet from
> c++?
> I would be interested in read it and write it.[/color]

First, ask you question in an appropriate newsgroup. This group is not
OS specific and so questions of an OS specific nature are not topical
and besides...nobod y necessarily knows.

As I recall, MS opens office files as databases so go look at the
database functionality.

[Default User]

Re: Access to excel spread sheets

Jordi wrote:
[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> can anyone tell what is the best way to access to a excel spread
> sheet from c++?
> I would be interested in read it and write it.[/color]

For all your file format questions, try wotsit first:

http://www.wotsit.org/search.asp?page=2&s=database

Brian
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[Ian Collins]

Re: Access to excel spread sheets

Ben Radford wrote:[color=blue]
> Ian Collins wrote:
>[color=green]
>>
>> Excel is a closed format.
>>[/color]
>
> OpenOffice can handle Excel spreadsheets can't it?
>[/color]
Yes, but it ain't C++!

I suppose you could answer the OP by saying 'import into OO and save in
OO's native format, then open the OO XML files with C++'

--
Ian Collins.

[roberts.noah@gmail.com]

Re: Access to excel spread sheets


Ian Collins wrote:[color=blue]
> Ben Radford wrote:[color=green]
> > Ian Collins wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >>
> >> Excel is a closed format.
> >>[/color]
> >
> > OpenOffice can handle Excel spreadsheets can't it?
> >[/color]
> Yes, but it ain't C++!
>
> I suppose you could answer the OP by saying 'import into OO and save in
> OO's native format, then open the OO XML files with C++'[/color]

Obviously he can answer as he wants to....besides, XML isn't C++ either.

[Ian Collins]

Re: Access to excel spread sheets

roberts.noah@gm ail.com wrote:[color=blue]
> Ian Collins wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Ben Radford wrote:
>>[color=darkred]
>>>Ian Collins wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Excel is a closed format.
>>>>
>>>
>>>OpenOffice can handle Excel spreadsheets can't it?
>>>[/color]
>>
>>Yes, but it ain't C++!
>>
>>I suppose you could answer the OP by saying 'import into OO and save in
>>OO's native format, then open the OO XML files with C++'[/color]
>
>
> Obviously he can answer as he wants to....besides, XML isn't C++ either.
>[/color]
I didn't say it was, but it's a relatively trivial task in C++ to work
with a plain text file than a closed binary one.

--
Ian Collins.