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I'm not aware of any off-the-shelf libraries to do this. Depending on what information you actually care about reading, it might not be too hard to write your own parser. The Excel format is pretty well documented -- see, e.g., OpenOffice's documentation on the format (PDF link), or Microsoft's official documentation.
I'm currently trying to figure out if I can use xlsLib But with my skills limited to ObjC, not C/C++, it's hard to even figure out IF it can be used. Let alone how.
I'm off to google for some example implementations.....
If you just need to view the file, then a UIWEbView should work. If you actually need to read the data, then I'm not sure (short of converting to CSV).
If you just need to view the file, then a UIWEbView should work. If you actually need to read the data, then I'm not sure (short of converting to CSV).
I can do text parsing. But I don't have text. I have a binary xls file & need to access certain cells containing data. Thnx anyway.
I'm currently trying to figure out if I can use xlsLib But with my skills limited to ObjC, not C/C++, it's hard to even figure out IF it can be used. Let alone how.
I'm off to google for some example implementations.....
Are you sure that library supports reading excel files? Its description makes it sound like it's only intended for generating them.
Also, be aware that the LGPL license that the library uses presents some complications when used with iPhone development, since the SDK doesn't allow dynamic linking -- see here for more details about your obligations.
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0 • Off Topic Insightful Disagree Dislike Like AwesomeI knew it only stated writing xls files, but it was the only lead I had.
Thought: Could it be possible to render a webpage with the xls file out of view, and read data from that?
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