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From: Chris Humphries <chris@unixfu.net>
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Subject: Re: excel files
Date: Tue, 05 Oct 2004 08:32:30 -0400
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Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> Martin Dowie <martin.dowie@btopenworld.com> wrote:
> : "Alexandre Devaure" <adevaure@free.fr> wrote in message 
> : news:4161a1b5$0$22589$636a15ce@news.free.fr...
> :> Hello,
> :> Does a library exist in Ada to read MS Excel files ?
> :> I find nothing with google.
> : 
> : You should check out "GNATCOM" (under "COM/DCOM") @ www.adapower.com
> 
> If there is a way to use Microsoft formatted files from .NET,
> you could use that as well, using GNAT for .NET.
> 
> 
> --  georg

Now that would be cool ;)

.NET isn't that bad of an idea, and the mono project is really
making huge progress with their open source .NET implementation
and c# development suite. Even think there is VB too, yet it is
not as complete :) http://mono-project.com (novell backed now).