README.txt

Last Update: 13.10.2008, 19.45 - zdavatz

= Spreadsheet

  http://spreadsheet.rubyforge.org
  http://scm.ywesee.com/spreadsheet

For a viewable directory of all recent changes, please see:

  http://scm.ywesee.com/?p=spreadsheet;a=summary

== Description

The Spreadsheet Library is designed to read and write Spreadsheet Documents.
As of version 0.6.0, only Microsoft Excel compatible spreadsheets are
supported. Spreadsheet is a combination/complete rewrite of the
Spreadsheet::Excel Library by Daniel J. Berger and the ParseExcel Library by
Hannes Wyss. Spreadsheet can read, write and modify Spreadsheet Documents.

== What's new?
* Significantly improved memory-efficiency when reading large Excel Files
* Limited Spreadsheet modification support
* Improved handling of String Encodings

== Roadmap
0.7.0:: Improved Format support/Styles
0.7.1:: Document Modification: Formats/Styles
0.8.0:: Formula Support
0.8.1:: Document Modification: Formulas
0.9.0:: Write-Support: BIFF5
1.0.0:: Ruby 1.9 Support;
        Remove backward compatibility code

== Dependencies

* ruby 1.8
* Iconv
* ruby-ole[http://code.google.com/p/ruby-ole/]

== Examples

Have a look at the GUIDE[link://files/GUIDE_txt.html].

== Installation

Using RubyGems[http://www.rubygems.org]:

* sudo gem install spreadsheet

If you don't like RubyGems[http://www.rubygems.org], let me know which
installation solution you prefer and I'll include it in the future.


== Authors

Original Code:

Spreadsheet::Excel:
Copyright (c) 2005 by Daniel J. Berger (djberg96@gmail.com)

ParseExcel:
Copyright (c) 2003 by Hannes Wyss (hannes.wyss@gmail.com)

New Code:
Copyright (c) 2008 by Hannes Wyss (hannes.wyss@gmail.com)

== License

This library is distributed under the GPL.
Please see the LICENSE[link://files/LICENSE_txt.html] file.