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Subject: Re: Does anyone else wish Matlab could handle Open Documents?
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 08:47:18 +0000 (UTC)
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"Darren " <darrenb@NOSPAM.udel.edu> wrote in message
<f75gcn$6h$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> I personally see this as a severe hindrance to Matlab.  It
works great on Linux and MacOS but can only read and write
Excel spreadsheets, and that rarely works properly without
ActiveX.
> 
> Has anyone developed code to handle (read and write) Open
Document Spreadsheets?  If not, Mathworks needs to get off
their butts and get with the times.
> 
> Let me know what you guys think.
> 
> Darren

Hi Darren,

I'm interested in developing the same functionality as you
proposed. It could be a great benefit for everybody to be
able to load OpenDocument spreadsheet format from Matlab.

I work under Linux "24/7" and really wish to use
OpenOffice.org calc ".ods" files in Matlab for my work.

My first goal would be to develop a M-file (or a Mex
library) that can read the first sheet of an ods file. This
sheet would, in a first approach, contain only string and
numerical values (no formulas).

For the moment, the way I use xls file in my work just looks
like what can be achieved using a data base (reading &
querying the data) + the benefits of the Excel GUI that
allow quick data changes.
For this reason I'm not sure to invest many time developing
such a code, while, for example, mySQL clients exists for
Matlab (and it can be a great solution for me).
I'm just looking for co-developers who would like to develop
a simple ods file reading tool with me !

Just answer and we'll see !