Is this also supported in Office XP and 2003?

"Tim Williams" wrote:

A single HTML table should be fine: XL will render a lot of the same
style information (font size, color, bgcolor etc) used to format HTML
documents.

Even formulas are supported. Check the link below:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ml/ofxml2k.asp


Tim.


"David" wrote in message
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Hi Tim,
it is quite simple content. A single sheet, no formula. Actually, it
reports data on a formated way. i.e. Column Headers (font, color,
etc), Date formats, number formats, etc.

I would really like the xml approach but how can I format the
worksheet? I don't want to add VBA code in the Excel sheet?

OfficeWriter looks interesting but a bit pricey...

Thanks,
David.

"Tim Williams" wrote:

How complex is the content? Are there multiple sheets, formulae
etc ?
If you can get a handle on the format then you can write out the
content as xml and XL 2K(?)+ should be able to open it.

If it's just a straight tabular format on one sheet then you could
try
writing it out an an HTML table and giving it an xls extension.

Otherwise look at a component to do the creation:
http://officewriter.softartisans.com...writer-37.aspx
is a good one I think (but haven't used it myself)

Tim


"David" wrote in message
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Hello,
I want to create a C# application running on a Windows 2003
server.
This application retrieves data from a database, performs some
modifications then creates an Excel file on a shared folder on the
server. Then at any time, users on the network can get the file to
see
the formatted data.

There is no web involved. It is a service running on the server
that
creates periodically the Excel file.

Is there a way to do that without having Excel installed on the
server?

Thanks,
David.