SpreadsheetConverter to HTML, Flash, ASP.NET or Java
Our basic product converts Excel spreadsheets to HTML with embedded JavaScript that can be used with any web server. The Flash version creates standalone Adobe/Macromedia Flash files for any web page. For developers, there are special server products that also can generate program code for ASP, ASP.NET and Java/JSP web servers.
SpreadsheetConverter creates web pages that mimic the behavior of Excel spreadsheets. Depending on the requirements, the calculation of the formulas in the spreadsheet can be performed either in the web browser or on a web server.
The converted web page itself looks exactly the same regardless of what flavor of SpreadsheetConverter you used to create it. The only way to see if a web page is using server-based formula calculations is that cell recalculation is done manually.
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Running the formulas in the web browser
If the spreadsheet formulas are calculated in the web browser, the whole spreadsheet can be placed very neatly in one single package sent to the browser.
Advantages
- All cell values can be updated immediately after leaving an input field.
- The web page can be served from any web server, there are no special dependencies on the web server whatsoever.
- The web page can be used even if you're not connected to the Internet.
Disadvantages
- Client-side calculations can be slow for large spreadsheets with many formulas.
- The web page contains all the programming code that performs the formula calculations. This makes can make the download slower. It can also impact the use of the spreadsheet with smaller devices like handheld computers or smartphones.
- The web page cannot interact dynamically with databases and other real-time data sources on the server.
SpreadsheetConverter to HTML
SpreadsheetConverter to HTML converts an Excel spreadsheet into an HTML web page that uses embedded JavaScript code to calculate the formulas. You don't need any programming or web design skills to use SpreadsheetConverter to HTML.
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SpreadsheetConverter to Flash
SpreadsheetConverter to Flash converts an Excel spreadsheet into a standalone Adobe/Macromedia Flash animation that uses Flash to calculate the formulas. You don't need any programming or web design skills to use SpreadsheetConverter to Flash.
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Running the formulas in the web server
If the formulas are calculated on the web server, the web page consists of two or more separate parts, a standard web page that is downloaded to the browser and one or more packages of programming code that reside on the server.
Advantages
- Large calculations can be done faster.
- The web page becomes smaller and can be downloaded faster, since it no longer contains the program code that calculates the cell formulas. It may also make it possible to use a complex spreadsheet with smaller devices like handheld computers or smartphones.
- Backend-integration is much easier, e.g to get the current interest rate for a mortgage calculator from a database or other real-time data source.
Disadvantages
- The user has to press a button to send the new values to the server for recalculation of all cell values in one go.
- The web page can only be used with the kind of server environment it was crated for, e.g. a web server capable of running ASP.NET code.
- The web page can only be used online, with a connection to the server.
What flavor of SpreadsheetConverter you select depends on your server environment:
- ASP-pages run on any Microsoft server with Internet Information Server, so they work well on both old servers like NT4 and newer ones. For this setup, use SpreadsheetConverter to ASP.NET.
- ASP.NET.pages require a Microsoft server with Internet Information Server and DOT.NET, for example Windows Server 2003. Use SpreadsheetConverter to ASP.NET in this environment.
- For a JSP-enabled webserver, for example Tomcat, Apache with Tomcat, IBM WebSphere or BEA WebLogic, use SpreadsheetConverter to Java/JSP.
- The JavaBean generated by SpreadsheetConverter to Java/JSP can also be used stand-alone in any Java-based software project.
SpreadsheetConverter to ASP.NET
SpreadsheetConverter to ASP.NET generates a single ASPX page and an optional Code-Behind file for each Excel spreadsheet that it converts. SpreadsheetConverter to HTML is included in SpreadsheetConverter to ASP.NET.
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SpreadsheetConverter to Java/JSP
SpreadsheetConverter to Java generates a JavaServer Page and a JavaBean for each Excel spreadsheet that it converts. SpreadsheetConverter to HTML is included in SpreadsheetConverter to Java/JSP.
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