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Produce excel & word documents - which language???

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  • 13-04-2007 11:22am
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    dulpit
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    Hey, just wondering if anybody knows which programming language would lend itself best to producing primarily excel documents and also the occasional word document. I presume that the .Net languages are the easiest way to go about this but what else? Just need something that can do it quick and easy...

    Edit: Meant to say, can it be done with ease in Java?


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    Evil Phil
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    I doubt it can be done easily with Java. Have a look at .Net and Visual Basic 6.


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    bonkey
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    dulpit wrote:
    Edit: Meant to say, can it be done with ease in Java?

    Yes, if you get the right thid-party libraries.

    BTW - consider complexity.

    If you only need "simple" excel stuff, producing a CSV file may be enough. YOu can do that trivially in pretty-much any language.


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    dulpit
    Registered Users Posts: 11,035 ✭✭✭✭dulpit


    bonkey wrote:
    Yes, if you get the right thid-party libraries.

    BTW - consider complexity.

    If you only need "simple" excel stuff, producing a CSV file may be enough. YOu can do that trivially in pretty-much any language.

    Any tips as to which third-part library? And the excel being produced isn't too complex, but could get quite big... It's to be integrated into a bigger programs so i'll need some language of some sort...

    TBH i'd prefer Java if possible, it's what i'm most familiar with etc.


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    pwd
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    vba


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    bonkey
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    There's no shortage of Java stuff for Excel, tbh. I didn't go for mentioning any because, well, I've only had to use one....which someone else had picked and which is payware.

    I'd suggest a good place to start is here :

    http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0516.html

    If freeware and/or any of the "simple" solutions will do you, then go for it.

    If payware, then I wouldn't like to suggest one product is better or more suited then another, but you could do worse than looking at apose. They have the advantage of offering a whole range of stuff, so you can use one suite for a load of different things if needs be.


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