Re: SpreadsheetML

--- Arnaud Limbourg <arnaud@limbourg.com> wrote: > Daniel Convissor wrote: > > Hey Folks: > > > > Having an issue with the Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer package not working for > > cells with contents larger than 255 characters. The package supposedly > > supports a more recent format that can handle larger cells, but the files > > it outputs are invalid. Top that off with binary output being a total > > pain anyway. > > > > So, I am taking the API of Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer and changing it to > > output SpreadsheetML. SpreadsheetML is an XML format created by our > > "friends" at Microsoft to represent Excel spreadsheets. > > http://www.microsoft.com/office/xml/default.mspx > > > > My question to y'all is what do you think the package should be named? My > > thought is "Spreadsheet_SpreadsheetML_Writer." But perhaps it should be > > "Spreadsheet_ML_Writer" or "XML_SpreadsheetML_Writer" or something > > else > > entirely. > > Spreadsheet_ML_Writer would make the most sense. Perhaps XML_SpreadsheetML_Writer could be a more appropriate name. That leaves it open for a *Reader and an object representation via a (yet to be written) XML_SpreadsheetML class. > Side question: can Oo read them ? I saw elsewhere [1] that there was work being done about making PHP classes to grok OpenDocument files. This would surely be a nice thing. I am not sure that OOo reads the new XML formats from MS just yet, but as they are published specs, some XSLT magic could help there. Side note: there is a Docbook -> OpenDocument tool that could be nice for the manual. [1] http://opendocumentphp.sourceforge.net/ -- Jesus M. Castagnetto (jcastagnetto@yahoo.com) Web site: http://www.castagnetto.org/ Research: http://metallo.scripps.edu/ PEAR stuff: http://pear.php.net/user/jmcastagnetto __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com