Re: Excel by XML generation -- MIDRANGE-L

Subject: Re: Excel by XML generation
From: John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:37:14 -0500
List-archive: <https://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l/>
List-post: <mailto:midrange-l@lists.midrange.com>
List-subscribe: <https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l>, <mailto:midrange-l-request@lists.midrange.com?subject=subscribe>
List-unsubscribe: <https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/options/midrange-l>, <mailto:midrange-l-request@lists.midrange.com?subject=unsubscribe>

On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 4:25 PM Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

There was a discussion on (I think) the RPG list a whole back on this topic - for some reason Vern comes to mind as a participant. Haven't got time to look it up I'm afraid but somebody was doing it.

Definitely Vern. Possibly others.

Basically the approach is to generate a template spreadsheet, mark up the underlying XML where needed with placeholders, use templating system (in the past I've used CGIDEV2 for this) to modify the template and then zip the xml files up again.

Sounds less flexible to me than a full-blown Excel-writing library,
but if your needs can be served by it, I would think it's a very
(machine-)efficient approach.

John Y.

As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

Follow-Ups:

Re: Excel by XML generation , Jon Paris

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.