On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 13:55 -0400, Bob McConnell wrote: > From: Bastien Koert > > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Michael A. Peters <mpeters@xxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> Paul M Foster wrote: > >>> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:21:22AM +0100, Peter Ford wrote: > >>> > >>> Matt Graham wrote: > >>>> > >>> > >> > >>>> But why write an Excel spreadsheet - why not save the data in > something > >>>> more > >>>> portable like CSV that ExCel and read and write to once you are > back at > >>>> base? > >>>> > >>>> > >>> CSV doesn't export *formulas*, just the visible numbers. > >>> > >> > >> gnumeric handles everything excel that I have ever needed, and is > FOSS. > >> I believe OpenOffice also does very well. > >> > >> That being said, you are more likely to find excel installed than > either of > >> those, excel is the spreadsheet standard at this point, and both > those > >> products mentioned handle most excel files, so saving as excel should > (in > >> most cases) be plenty portable. > > > > unless you run into xlsx format office 2007... > > From what I have heard so far, OOo.org is better at reading and writing > xlsx than Office 2007 SP2 is with ODF. Early reviews suggest that > Microsoft has shot themselves in the foot, again. > > But what does this have to do with PHP? > > Bob McConnell > There are dozens of distros out there that are offered as portable app solutions. You can run an entire OS from the USB key, and have the open-source software on there that you need, like Fx (to use Firefox's proper abbreviation), OOo, Gimp, etc. That way, it won't matter what the end user has installed on their computer, as you have everything you need right there. Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
