Re: [Fwd: extend PEAR::OLE to get Spreadsheet_Excel_Reader into PEAR]

vadim, propose your code via PePr, if it works and conforms to CS then I see no reason to delay it further :) Arnaud. Helgi Þormar wrote: > I'm not sure why you emailed me in particular since I don't have > anything to do with the OLE, mearly committed some CS fixes. > > Anyway I'm forwarding this to pear-dev > > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- > >>From: Andreas Korthaus <akorthaus@web.de> >>To: helgi@trance.is >>Subject: extend PEAR::OLE to get Spreadsheet_Excel_Reader into PEAR >>Date: 21 Sep 2005 12:25:45 -0000 >>[This message has been brought to you via pear.php.net.] >> >>Hi Helgi ! >> >>I've talked to Vadim Tkachenko, author of phpexcelreader, a package for >>reading Excel files some time ago. He proposed his package for PEAR >>(Spreadsheet_Excel_Reader) last year: >> >>http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?t=107409182100002&r=1&w=2 >> >>PEAR devs told him to change his code to be conform to PEAR coding >>standards, to change the license and to use PEAR::OLE. He completed all >>the tasks, except using PEAR::OLE, because there are missing some >>methodes he needs for reading Excel. >> >>He told me that he has contacted the author of OLE, but he seems to be >>very busy, so there has not been changed anything which prevents >>Spreadsheet_Excel_Reader to be included in PEAR for 1.5 years now. >> >>I've seen that you committed some code to PEAR::OLE too (which has not >>been released by the way), so perhaps you have an idea what to do to >>make it possible to include Spreadsheet_Excel_Reader into PEAR soon. >> >>That's the needed functionality: >>o >>†útD×Öæ€5Ó/£Ðhttp://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/phpexcelreader/base/Excel/oleread.inc?rev=1.1.1.1&view=auto >> >>phpexcelreader project page: >>http://sourceforge.net/projects/phpexcelreader/ >> >>best regards >>Andreas > >