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xlslib - utility to create .xls files
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$Id: README,v 1.01 2007/04/15 16:33:33 dhoerl Exp $

== HOME ==
The home for smartmontools is located at:
    
    http://xlslib.sourceforge.net/

Please see this web site for updates, documentation, and for submitting
patches and bug reports.

Until we get the documentation sorted out, this archive contains
"xlslibRefGuide.pdf", a PHP guide that can be used as well for the 
C++ version.

== COPYING ==
Copyright (C) 2004-6 Ruben D. Gonzále
Copyright (C) 2007 David Hoerl 

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2.1, or (at your option) any later
version.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License (for
example COPYING); if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675
Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.


== CREDITS ==
This code was originally developed at Yeico S.A. de C.V. by
Ruben D. Gonzalez and others.


== OVERVIEW ==
xlslib permits programmatic creation of multi-sheet .xls files, which
are then directly openable by MS Excel. This capability is useful when
you need to save large data sets, perhaps with summary information, in
a form that is easily viewable by others. The .xls format is BIFF8, and 
documented in "Microsoft Excel97 Developer's Kit" [currently out of print
but older copies can be obtained on Amazon].

== CONTENTS ==
The suite contains the xlslib library, and a test application (easily
modifiable) that demonstrates various modes of creating spreadsheets.