On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 10:21:22AM +0100, Peter Ford wrote: > Matt Graham wrote: > > Ashley Sheridan wrote: > >> Paul M Foster wrote: > >>> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 03:22:12PM -0500, Skip Evans wrote: > >>>> One of the things the other company said was possible, and I'm > >>>> not familiar with... if I understand correctly, is to create a > >>>> CD with not just an Excel spreadsheet, but software on that CD > >>>> that when placed in another computer will open the > >>>> spreadsheet, allow it to be modified and rewritten back to the CD.
<snip> > It *is* possible to be offline, and so far from anywhere that the only > com links > are to satellites... (expensive). > > I suspect that a USB key is a better option (and more physically portable) > than > a UFB CD. > > But why write an Excel spreadsheet - why not save the data in something more > portable like CSV that ExCel and read and write to once you are back at base? > CSV doesn't export *formulas*, just the visible numbers. Paul -- Paul M. Foster -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
