What versions of Microsoft Excel does ExcelWriter support?
ExcelWriter can open and generate Microsoft Excel 97, 2000, 2002 (XP), and 2003 files. • Does ExcelWriter support all Microsoft Excel features? ExcelWriter supports all Microsoft Excel features. When ExcelWriter generates a new spreadsheet from a template, all Excel features in the template (including formatting, formulas, charts, pivot tables, and macros) are preserved in the new file. • What software do I need on my server to run ExcelWriter? • Operating Systems: • Sun Solaris for SPARC, version 8 or 9 • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 or 3 • Windows 2000, XP, or 2003 • JDK 1.2 or higher • Any J2EE compliant application server (J2EE version 1.3 or higher) • Any JDBC compliant driver (JDBC version 2.0 or higher) • Can I use ExcelWriter with JavaServer Pages (JSP)? The J2EE specification states that JSPs should not be used to produce binary output such as an Excel file. Instead, use servlets to generate Excel files with ExcelWriter. • Does ExcelWriter include features that are not availab
ExcelWriter can produce either Excel 97/2000/2002/2003 (BIFF8) format files or Excel 95 (BIFF7) format files. Not all features are supported by Excel 95. Note: The ExcelTemplate object supports Excel’s BIFF8 (Excel 97/2000/2002/2003) format only; ExcelTemplate does not support BIFF7 (Excel 95) format templates, and will not generate BIFF7 format files. • Which Microsoft Excel features are not available in ExcelWriter? We are constantly adding new features to ExcelWriter. If there is a particular Microsoft Excel feature currently unavailable in ExcelWriter that you would like to use, please let us know by sending an email to info@softartisans.com. • The ExcelApplication object and the ExcelTemplate cannot create certain Excel features such as Pivot Tables, Macros and VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). However, ExcelWriter will preserve all Excel features when opening an existing spreadsheet. Creating a file in Microsoft Excel, and then using that XLS file as input to ExcelWriter allow