[ic] Excel/PDF files on-the-fly

[Joachim Leidinger]

Michael Stearne wrote:
> What do you mean by Excel format?  Excel is a closed binary format, 
> there is no way to make a file that is truly in Excel's native format. 
> What you might do is just create a CSV file and name it .csv.  Excel or 
> any other spreadsheet that owns the .csv extension in Windows, OS X or 
> Gnome/KDE will open the file and automatically translate it into it's 
> native format.  As for PDF, you might export the data into an HTML table 
> and then use HTMLDOC (http://easysw.com/htmldoc/) to convert that HTML 
> file on-the-fly to a PDF.
> 
> Michael

First:
You use a wrong qouting! Did you read the rules of this list?
Why did you write your answer on the top of any emails? Should we scroll 
down to remember the question and to understand your answer?

Second:
There are some way to create a file in Excel's native format by perl.

Hint:
Don't use IC to get any HTML-Files via perl and UserAgent and store it 
as a HTML-Files. Create a HTML-Files via perl itselft. It is very very 
faster.

Joachim


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