Re: First Patch prize winner - ArVee!

From: Mark Gilbert (markgilbert@hotpop.com)
Date: Mon Nov 04 2002 - 05:09:18 EST

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    EAZen just got TOLD!

    Boy howdy, can't wait to see this AWN, who's the beotch now?

    -MG

    On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 04:16, ArVee - wrote:
    > >From: ericzen <ericzen@ez-net.com>
    > >To: ArVee - <arvee_at_work@hotmail.com>
    > >Subject: Re: First Patch prize winner - ArVee!
    > >Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 02:12:35 -0600
    > >
    > >On 2002.11.04 01:40 ArVee - wrote:
    > > >
    > > > It was fun to contribute, but I couldn't have done it without the great
    > >work
    > > > of all the people that have created the WV library and AbiWord itself!
    > > > Expect in the weeks to come an MsExcel importer that imports the
    > > > spreadsheet's as tables.
    > > >
    > > > Cheers !
    > > >
    > > > ---------------
    > > > Ruud Vring (arvee_at_work@hotmail.com)
    > > > The Netherlands.
    > >
    > >
    > >You don't think that may be just a wee bit ambitious? Spreadsheets will
    > >require algorhythmic properties, embedded document structuring and that
    > >like. Or do you intend to, let's call it "borrow," borrow from Gnumeric?
    > >
    > >-Zen
    >
    > Well, maybe it's a bit ambitious, but we've already created an excel class
    > that parses the _whole_ file and splits it up in a linked list of objects
    > (workbook(s), sheet(s) and cells). Should tell you that I'm working on that
    > with someone else (DeJe) and that we're working in the pre-press business
    > and that we need that functionality _badly_ (just as we did need the msword
    > tables).
    > At first, it will import text-only sheets (because people use it a lot to
    > typeset tables (without any calculations)).
    > Next step will be to parse any calculations and just present the result in
    > the table as text.
    > Though I'm not sure if we can get it fully xp (because there can be embedded
    > VBA code), so the calculations will probably only work on Win32 platforms.
    >
    > ---------------
    > Ruud Vring (arvee_at_work@hotmail.com)
    > The Netherlands.
    >
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