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  • Jonathan Hunt
    #1

    Python library for reading ODF Spreadsheets

    Hi all,

    I have had a look on google/freshmeat etc. so please forgive me if I've missed
    an obvious answer.

    Can someone point me to a simple library to read/write ODF spreadsheets (i.e.
    OpenOffice Calc 2). I know I can interface with OOo but this is running on a
    server where I would rather avoid a full-on library.

    Something like
    http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyexcelerator/
    but for reading ODF.

    I have found write only solutions - but no read library except for the full
    Monte OOo/UNO which I want to avoid.

    Please, please help. Or the pragmatist in me will be forced to use XLS to get
    this job done. Thanks in advance for any help.

    Jonny

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    • John Machin
      #2
      Re: Python library for reading ODF Spreadsheets

      On 4/12/2006 10:18 AM, Jonathan Hunt wrote:
      Hi all,
      >
      I have had a look on google/freshmeat etc. so please forgive me if I've missed
      an obvious answer.
      >
      Can someone point me to a simple library to read/write ODF spreadsheets (i.e.
      OpenOffice Calc 2). I know I can interface with OOo but this is running on a
      server where I would rather avoid a full-on library.
      >
      Something like
      http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyexcelerator/
      but for reading ODF.
      >
      I have found write only solutions - but no read library except for the full
      Monte OOo/UNO which I want to avoid.
      >
      Please, please help. Or the pragmatist in me will be forced to use XLS to get
      this job done. Thanks in advance for any help.
      There is no such library as you describe.
      >
      Jonny
      >
      (I'm not on the list. Please CC me answers).
      Such a request is usually considered to be impertinent bludging and is
      likely to get you *no* answers. Consider subscribing to the list and
      reading it. Alternatively you could use a newsreader pointed at
      news:comp.lang. python or a browser pointed at
      http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.

      HTH,
      John



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        • tleeuwenburg@gmail.com
          #3
          Re: Python library for reading ODF Spreadsheets

          ODT is an XML format, so you can use any XML library, including the one
          in the default python distribution. It might be zipped XML in which
          case you will need to uncompress it first.

          -T


          John Machin wrote:
          On 4/12/2006 10:18 AM, Jonathan Hunt wrote:
          Hi all,

          I have had a look on google/freshmeat etc. so please forgive me if I've missed
          an obvious answer.

          Can someone point me to a simple library to read/write ODF spreadsheets (i.e.
          OpenOffice Calc 2). I know I can interface with OOo but this is running on a
          server where I would rather avoid a full-on library.

          Something like
          http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyexcelerator/
          but for reading ODF.

          I have found write only solutions - but no read library except for the full
          Monte OOo/UNO which I want to avoid.

          Please, please help. Or the pragmatist in me will be forced to use XLS to get
          this job done. Thanks in advance for any help.
          >
          There is no such library as you describe.
          >

          Jonny

          (I'm not on the list. Please CC me answers).
          >
          Such a request is usually considered to be impertinent bludging and is
          likely to get you *no* answers. Consider subscribing to the list and
          reading it. Alternatively you could use a newsreader pointed at
          news:comp.lang. python or a browser pointed at
          http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python.
          >
          HTH,
          John

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