ajaxXLS
ajaxXLS was just released. There could be some real benefits to an Ajax app like this. Excel is a rather expensive solution and it would be nice to load up a spreadsheet from anywhere. So that is exactly what I tried to do.
I went to the site and followed the simple instructions. For this test I used a very small spreadsheet I have to balance a checkbook. It is one page, 5 columns x 27 rows. The first image is the original XLS file.
Now, here is the file as it loaded into ajaxXLS.
As you can see the formatting is not [...]
Tags: Ajax, Ajax Spreadsheet, AjaxLaunch, ajaxXLS, Asynchronous, JavaScript, JavaScripting, Microsoft Excel, Web 2.0, XML, XMLHttpRequest