Last Update: 14.02.2011 - Zeno R.R. Davatz

= Spreadsheet

The Mailing List can be found here:

http://groups.google.com/group/rubyspreadsheet

The code can be found here:

http://spreadsheet.rubyforge.org

For a viewable directory of all recent changes, please see:

http://scm.ywesee.com/?p=spreadsheet/.git;a=summary

To get a graphical overview of the Library please see

http://spreadsheet.rubyforge.org/spreadsheet.jpeg

For Non-GPLv3 commercial licencing, please see:

http://www.spreadsheet.ch

== Description

The Spreadsheet Library is designed to read and write Spreadsheet Documents. As of version 0.6.0, only Microsoft Excel compatible spreadsheets are supported. Spreadsheet is a combination/complete rewrite of the Spreadsheet::Excel Library by Daniel J. Berger and the ParseExcel Library by Hannes Wyss. Spreadsheet can read, write and modify Spreadsheet Documents.

== What's new?

• Supported outline (grouping) functions
• Significantly improved memory-efficiency when reading large Excel Files
• Limited Spreadsheet modification support
• Improved handling of String Encodings

== Roadmap

0.7.0:: Improved Format support/Styles 0.7.1:: Document Modification: Formats/Styles 0.8.0:: Formula Support 0.8.1:: Document Modification: Formulas 0.9.0:: Write-Support: BIFF5 1.0.0:: Ruby 1.9 Support; Remove backward compatibility code

== Dependencies

• ruby 1.8
• ruby-ole[http://code.google.com/p/ruby-ole/]

== Examples

Have a look at the GUIDE[link://files/GUIDE_txt.html].

== Installation

Using RubyGems[http://www.rubygems.org]:

• sudo gem install spreadsheet

If you don't like RubyGems[http://www.rubygems.org], let me know which installation solution you prefer and I'll include it in the future.

If you can use 'rake' and 'hoe' library is also installed, you can build a gem package as follows:

• rake gem

The gem package is built in pkg directory.

== Authors

Original Code:

Spreadsheet::Excel: Copyright (c) 2005 by Daniel J. Berger ([email protected])

ParseExcel: Copyright (c) 2003 by Hannes Wyss ([email protected])

New Code: Copyright (c) 2010 ywesee GmbH ([email protected], [email protected])

== License

This library is distributed under the GPLv3. Please see the LICENSE[link://files/LICENSE_txt.html] file.