excel to flash
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- zgraham
so at work we have this big arse excel file....and the client wants it to be "prettied up". we plan to do it in flash. it needs to be pretty interactive though (when you change a number, it changes others) and we dont really have enough time to do it in flash. so does anyone know of a stand alone app that can convert an excel file to a swf..... or maybe a component for flash that allows you to import an excel file (with all of its math stuff still in tact)?
- JazX0
you should be able to export as a WMF file. Then import into Flash. However, it will throw things off a bt but will save you time
- JazX0
you might have to import into Powerpoint and then export from PPT as a .wmf file and then into Flash. I am forced to do the same daily, it sucks trust me :(
- zgraham0
thanks, ill try that out.
- unfittoprint0
well, the best thing is to export its tables as a csv text file.
if you're experience with a MySQL db, you could query it to become an XML file [I don't think excel as XML export capabilities].
With that its fairly easy for an intemediate use to assemble a nice looking table in Flash.This may sound rather complex, but good developing solution is to leave all content external, and use Flash only to parse and layout the information.
- JazX0
trust unfit, he knows better than I. We do it the dumb-ass way here. I try to get them on XML, but they say NO :(
- unfittoprint0
I hear you. Just tell them that will only need one file to do all the work.
or don't tell them, and get the extra hours money. ;-)
- zombiewoof0
there is this:
http://fladownloads.com/swf/load…
not sure what advance media is selling but it brings CSV (comma separated values) into Flash
The download is here:
- smellvetica0
you could build a flash interface and use excel as the XML data
- smellvetica0
oops, didn't refresh.
- zgraham0
well no one here knows much about xml or mysql, so that solution would probobly end up taking twice as long as just making it in flash from scratch.