RE: [PEAR-DEV] Package Proposal: OLE
| From: | Xavier Noguer | Date: | Sat, 12 Apr 2003 16:46:05 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PEAR-DEV] Package Proposal: OLE | ||
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--------- Original Message --------
From: Lukas Smith <smith@backendmedia.com>
To: 'Xavier Noguer' <xnoguer@rezebra.com>, pear-dev@lists.php.net
<pear-dev@lists.php.net>
Subject: RE: [PEAR-DEV] Package Proposal: OLE
Date: 12/04/03 20:40
>
> > From: Xavier Noguer [mailto:xnoguer@rezebra.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2003 6:34 PM
>
> > What could you gain from this package?
> > -The ability to write Office documents without worrying about DDE's
> > limitations.
> > -Eventually (when I extend it), the ability to read most Office
> documents
> > created from circa 1995 to the present day (KM applications?).
>
> I assume you will need a windows box running MS office to make use of
> such features?
Nope. My Linux machine and OpenOffice 1.0.1 seem to work just fine.
You don't need Windows for writing the documents, you don't need Windows for
viewing/modifying the documents and eventually you wouldn't need it for
reading (parsing) them.
Xavier