The spreadsheet VisiCalc was the first killer-app. The reason for this is obvious; you don’t need to be a programmer to use a spreadsheet. The nature of WYSIWYG-calculations makes it easy for both individuals and businesses to create spreadsheets.
SpreadsheetConverter was developed with this same WYSIWYG philosophy in mind. SpreadsheetConverter converts Excel spreadsheets into web pages that look and function in the same way as the original spreadsheet. When developing SpreadsheetConverter we have focused on the following:
- Ease of use. No programming, or experience of programming is required.
- Mimicking of Excel behavior. The behavior of SpreadsheetConverter should mimic exactly the behavior of Microsoft Excel.
- Coverage of all Excel functions. Currently, all but a few advanced financial and statistical functions are supported.
- Production of compact web pages. The resulting web page must be compact in order to reduce download times.
- Production of quick running web pages. The resulting page must perform calculations quickly, even if the web page was generated from a large advanced spreadsheet.
- Support for a wide range of target environments: Windows, Linux, UNIX, Macintosh, embedded systems like set-top boxes. The resulting web pages must run on all browsers including those launched within the last 2-3 years.
Benefits
Using SpreadsheetConverter will save you time and money and your customers will receive increased service and better quality. Other key benefits are:
- SpreadsheetConverter makes interactive calculating web pages feasible. Coding calculating web pages directly using JavaScript is very costly and time consuming.
- A 10-fold increase in productivity! The enormous gain in productivity comes from being able to use Excel, with all of its built-in functions, as a tool for developing calculating web pages.
- Improved quality due to easier testing in Excel. Also, the web pages created by SpreadsheetConverter have been tested in a wide variety of different browsers.
- Quick and easy updates to web pages. The process of updating your web pages is made both quicker and easier: simply update the spreadsheet, run SpreadsheetConverter, and then distribute the new webpage.
- Reduced consultancy fees. In-house personnel can use SpreadsheetConverter, no programming or advanced web skills are required. No need for paying external consultant fees.
- Suitability for all. SpreadsheetConverter is designed to be suitable for everyone to use, individuals, businesses, governments and associations.