README.txt

Path: README.txt
Last Update: Thu Oct 04 19:33:00 +0000 2012

Last Update: 26.06.2012 - Zeno R.R. Davatz

Spreadsheet

github.com/zdavatz/spreadsheet

The Mailing List can be found here:

groups.google.com/group/rubyspreadsheet

The code can be found here:

github.com/zdavatz/spreadsheet

For a viewable directory of all recent changes, please see:

scm.ywesee.com/?p=spreadsheet/.git;a=summary

To get a graphical overview of the Library please see

For Non-GPLv3 commercial licencing, please see:

www.spreadsheet.ch

Description

The Spreadsheet Library is designed to read and write Spreadsheet Documents. As of version 0.6.0, only Microsoft Excel compatible spreadsheets are supported. Spreadsheet is a combination/complete rewrite of the Spreadsheet::Excel Library by Daniel J. Berger and the ParseExcel Library by Hannes Wyss. Spreadsheet can read, write and modify Spreadsheet Documents.

Notes from Users

Alfred: a@boxbot.org: I think it should be noted in the README file that the library doesn‘t recognize cell formats in Excel created documents, which results in Floats returned for any number.

What‘s new?

  • Supported outline (grouping) functions
  • Significantly improved memory-efficiency when reading large Excel Files
  • Limited Spreadsheet modification support
  • Improved handling of String Encodings

On the Roadmap

  • Improved Format support/Styles
  • Document Modification: Formats/Styles
  • Formula Support
  • Document Modification: Formulas
  • Write-Support: BIFF5
  • Ruby 1.9 Support;
  • Remove backward compatibility code

Note: Spreadsheet supports Ruby 1.8.6, 1.8.7, 1.9.2, 1.9.3

You will get a deprecated warning about iconv when using spreadsheet with Ruby 1.9.3. So replacing iconv is on the Roadmap as well ;).

Dependencies

Examples

Have a look at the GUIDE.

Installation

Using RubyGems:

  • sudo gem install spreadsheet

If you don‘t like RubyGems, let me know which installation solution you prefer and I‘ll include it in the future.

If you can use ‘rake’ and ‘hoe’ library is also installed, you can build a gem package as follows:

  • rake gem

The gem package is built in pkg directory.

Authors

Original Code:

Spreadsheet::Excel: Copyright (c) 2005 by Daniel J. Berger (djberg96@gmail.com)

ParseExcel: Copyright (c) 2003 by Hannes Wyss (hannes.wyss@gmail.com)

New Code: Copyright (c) 2010 ywesee GmbH (mhatakeyama@ywesee.com, zdavatz@ywesee.com)

License

This library is distributed under the GPLv3. Please see the LICENSE file.

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