Original author: Martin Fuchs
Integration with CMake and bii: metamaker

ExcelFormat allows reading, writing, and editing of XLS (BIFF8 format) files using C++. For more details see http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/42504/ExcelFormat-Library.

For example application which uses ExcelFormat see https://github.com/metamaker/ExcelFormat-BiiExample.

You can use this library with bii (http://www.biicode.com). To do this follow next steps:

1. In some source file of your project include ExcelFormat by adding #include <ExcelFormat/ExcelFormat.h>.

2. Initialize bii block inside your project's folder (if not yet then run $ bii init -L).

3. Run $ bii find to download dependencies and create biicode.conf file in the root of your project.

4. Wire dependencies to biicode.conf:

    [requirements]
        metamaker/ExcelFormat: 0
   
    [includes]
        ExcelFormat/*: metamaker/ExcelFormat/include
   

5. Run $ bii cpp:configure. You can specify your CMake generator with -G flag like $ bii cpp:configure -G "Visual Studio 12".

6. Run $ bii cpp:build to build your project.

Another possible option is CMake (http://www.cmake.org/). The steps are next:

1. Open command line and change current directory with $ cd command to the directory where you unpacked the project's source code.
2. Run $ cmake -H. -Bbuild -G "Visual Studio 12" to create Makefile for Visual Studio 2013 (or use other generator if you use other IDE). Don't forget to specify path to dependency libraries and headers with -D parameter.
3. Open build/ExcelFormat.sln and build solution in Visual Studio.
4. Optionally, you can install library by building project which name is INSTALL in Visual Studio. Remember that you must have enough rights on your system to let VS copy files to installation folder.

This source code and files are licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL) (http://www.codeproject.com/info/cpol10.aspx). See CPOL.htm for details.

28.04.2015 - Version 3.1

• FindExcelFormat.cmake is fixed to correspond new dirs structure
• Prebuilt version of library for usage in CMake projects with VS2013

24.04.2015

• Integration with CMake buildsystem

03.02.2011 - Version 3.0

• access compound document files using the Windows API
• reduced memory consumption and increased speed
• 64 bit portability
• return current value string from formula cells

01.01.2011 - Version 2.5

• Dynamically allocate memory for unexpected high row/column values while loading XLS files
• Unicode overloads for Load() and SaveAs()
• Adjust to RKValues written by OpenOffice Calc

15.11.2010 - Version 2.4

• Add second set_borderlines() overload
• Add ExcelFont::set_italic(), CellFormat::set_wrapping()
• Handle COLINFO
• Miscellaneous fixes

12.01.2010 - Version 2.3: (by Ami Castonguay and Martin Fuchs)

• Fixed reference counting of Formula data structs
• Support for shared formulas
• Support for merged cells
• Save formatting even if cell is empty
• Flush fstream instead of closing it followed by open to prevent races in conjunction with virus scanners
• Enable reading of XLS files exported by MacOS Numbers.app

07.11.2009 - Version 2.2

• Fixed VS2008 problem when reading sheets with formula fields
• Added BasicExcel::Close(), CellFormat::get/set_text_props() and get/set_borderlines()

04.10.2009 - Version 2.1

• Updated source code with macros and constants for cell and font properties

28.09.2009 - Version 2.0

• Added new section Formatting storage structures

20.09.2009 - Version 1.0 of ExcelFormat (BasicExcel Version 2.0)