Excel and Powerpoint

taurang · #1 (**permalink**) 03-06-2004, 03:28 AM

I've a web server running Linux and MySQL. The website is developed using JSP. I need to generate dynamic Excel spreadsheets & charts and Powerpoint slides.

Presently, charts generated by JSP using its graphing functions. Excel charts can be created using ASP and Office Web Components on Windows platform.

I heard that SoftArtisans' ExcelWriter only works with Java and not JSP.

So my question is : how to generate dynamic Excel spreadsheets & charts a Powerpoint slides using the current Linux / MySQL?

taurang · #2 (**permalink**) 03-08-2004, 05:18 AM

Let me elaborate further. I need the spreadsheets and charts to be in Excel format so that my clients can download them for analysis.

Any response is appreciated.

taurang · #3 (**permalink**) 03-28-2004, 02:52 AM

I've read an article on how to export from an ASP.net web form to Excel here:

http://webproasp.com/webproasp-27-20...xcel.html#code

Does anyone know how to do it in ASP?

smiley · #4 (**permalink**) 03-31-2004, 07:58 PM

Powerpoint - provide these presentations as a download. They are usually quite large files anyway.
Excel - download the latest Open Office & use the spredsheet function in there - it's compatible with Unix. http://download.openoffice.org/1.1.1/index.html

Adamwlad · #5 (**permalink**) 04-02-2004, 01:41 PM

Hi, here is something I thought was interesting and it may help you.

http://www.stargeek.com/php_scripts.php?script=2

-Adam

taurang · #6 (**permalink**) 04-06-2004, 07:23 AM

Thanks smiley and Adamwlad. That php example is useful. However, I'm presently using JSP. Do u have something similar in JSP? I guess after I create an Excel spreadsheet / chart, generating a Powerpoint slideshow should be simpler.

Thanks a lot!