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generating excel documents with RUBY

I need to generate excel documents with ruby (from rails) on a Linux Machine. I know of Spreadsheet::Excel, but it doesn't support formulas, and uses a pretty old format..

Is there any other option, not necessarely free or opensource, that is a bit more powerful? thanks

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How about opening a spreadsheet (Spreadsheet::Excel) with the formulae already populated. Entering data into the referenced cells will cause them to display the result.

tsdbrown  2010-02-09 09:40:26
that, my friend, is an awesome idea I somehow hadn't thought of! My thanks.
luca  2010-02-09 10:11:34
others are still welcome to add their bits, of course!
luca  2010-02-09 10:13:09
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If you can use java,you can try SmartXLS for java,it support runtime Excel calculation and create/edit charts,pivot tables.

liya  2010-02-11 14:53:06

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