On 01/20/2015 08:07 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
On Wed, 21 Jan 2015 11:44:12 +1100
Martin Groenescheij <mar...@groenescheij.com> wrote:
On 21/01/2015 8:42 AM, Mat Walker wrote:
Hi Guys,
I have used OO stuff for a while and hope I have put enough back to payback
the use.
Today, I have the unfortunate task of having to create xslx files for an
application that only reads those. So i did a search to see if there was
any way to get Calc to write out that format (or a plugin to enable that).
However, all I came across was a vile tirade of abuse from the user
'villeroy' on your (usually great) Forum. This abuse was aimed at a user,
who also was asking about xlsx.. It is people like 'villeroy' who make
'normal' folk like me go elsewhere.
We know that communication is not Villeroy's best quality, but he only
get abusive after posters keep coming
back with the "BUT I WANT"attitude.
Villeroy is highly appreciated for his contribution and has proven that
he knows what he is talking about.
It is worth examining the full thread (#31 postings), only one entry (#30) of
which is quoted by the OP in this list-topic
https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=56953
See -
https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=45&t=56953&start=30
Mat
Ahhh, I had missed that it was page 2 of 2 and that there was stuff
before it...
There is a group of people who believe that AOO should not support
writing other document types. I see that the primary issue is probably
related to Villeroy's strongly held belief in this area. In other words,
it seems that his hot buttons were pushed on that account. People who
want to write the XLSX format are likely to not understand why he might
feel so strongly about it.
I am a bit surprised that it was not mentioned that LO is able to write
this format. Hagar indicated that it will never be able to cope with
OOXML. Not sure if that is true, but, it is not likely to deal with it
well since it is so convoluted.
--
Andrew Pitonyak
My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt
Info: http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php
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