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]

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.

Good luck!

Excel is a closed format.

 

[Tom]

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

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]

Excel is a closed format.

OpenOffice can handle Excel spreadsheets can't it?

 

[roberts.noah]

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.

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...nobody necessarily knows.

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

 

[Default User]

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.

For all your file format questions, try wotsit first:

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



Brian

 

[Ian Collins]

OpenOffice can handle Excel spreadsheets can't it?

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++'

 

[roberts.noah]

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++'

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

 

[Ian Collins]

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

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.