Mike Driscoll <kyosohma <at> gmail.com> writes: > On Jun 18, 10:38 am, Chris Withers <ch...@simplistix.co.uk> wrote:
> > working with Excel files in Python using the pure-python libraries xlrd, > > xlwt and xlutils. > As I recall, these utilities don't allow the programmer to access > Excel's formulas. Is that still an issue? xlwt supports creating XLS files with a large chunk of the Excel formula functionality. Support in xlrd for decompiling formulas exists only in a crude form sufficient to support debugging of xlwt formula enhancements. Whether this is an issue or not and for whom is difficult to detect -- certainly there have been no demands for refund of purchase price :-). Some recent enhancements have been initiated as patches supplied by programmers personally. Patches (preferably pre-discussed) are welcome, as would be any advice on how to get the big end of town to send patent lawyers[1], gun coders and money. [1] No kidding: http://www.google.com/patents/about?id=QMwnAAAAEBAJ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
