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xlsgen 5.0.0.50 : Fix for large pivot tables


Build 5.0.0.50 of xlsgen fixes a problem related to handling large pivot tables. It improves how column fields are written to XLS/XLSX/XLSB files and by doing so avoids an unnecessary large memory consumption when the resulting file is opened in Excel. By doing so, in a 32-bit scenario it may avoid a 2 GB process limit crash.



Posted on 10-July-2025 00:46 | Category: xlsgen, Excel generator | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

xlsgen 5.0.0.49 : Improved HTML import


Build 5.0.0.49 of xlsgen improves HTML import, that is, how data formatted as HTML gets imported in xlsgen in order to create an Excel file.

HTML import now supports two mechanisms for splitting a row of data into multiple columns :

- a SeparationCharacters property in the IXlsHTMLImportOptions interface which allows to specity a string used as separation.

- a SplitBySeparatorString property in the IXlsImportColumnSplitter interface, which adds a string rather than single character property if you were already using the column split interface.

Posted on 24-June-2025 16:19 | Category: xlsgen, Excel generator | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

xlsgen 5.0.0.48 : Security update


Build 5.0.0.48 of xlsgen brings two security updates, one for libPNG (PNG pictures), the other for libwebp (WebP pictures) :

- libpng 1.6.37 --> 1.6.49
- libwebp 1.2.4 --> 1.5.0

No code change needed.
Posted on 17-June-2025 10:27 | Category: xlsgen, Excel generator | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

xlsgen 5.0.0.47 : Fix for special named ranges


Build 5.0.0.47 of xlsgen fixes a problem related to updating special named ranges, such as the print area of a worksheet, when rows or columns are inserted or added. Before the fix, xlsgen would leave the special named ranges unchanged. Now xlsgen ensures that named ranges are updated accordingly.

Posted on 20-April-2025 17:04 | Category: xlsgen, Excel generator | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

xlsgen 5.0.0.46 : Third-party compatibility


Build 5.0.0.46 of xlsgen adds support for a third-party tool generating Excel files that in turn xlsgen is supposed to read. Since Excel can, xlsgen sure must as well !

Posted on 02-April-2025 08:39 | Category: xlsgen, Excel generator | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

xlsgen 5.0.0.45 : Fix for buffer overrun case


Build 5.0.0.45 of xlsgen fixes a buffer overrun case that could occur when processing long-format date/time during the loading or writing of XLSX/XLSB files. It would cause xlsgen to crash.

Posted on 14-March-2025 12:08 | Category: xlsgen, Excel generator | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

xlsgen 5.0.0.44 : Python Pandas compatibility


Build 5.0.0.44 of xlsgen improves the compatibility of Excel files generated by xlsgen and consumed by Python-based libraries such as Pandas.

Before this build, reading an XLSX/XLSM Excel files generated by xlsgen with a Pandas script would generate the following kind of error :


TypeError: CellStyle.__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'id'


With xlsgen 5.0.0.44 this is no longer the case.

Posted on 23-February-2025 12:32 | Category: xlsgen, Excel generator | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

xlsgen 5.0.0.43 : Security update


Build 5.0.0.43 of xlsgen is a security update. xlsgen uses an updated version of zlib (1.3.1) to avoid known vulnerabilities existing in prior versions.

Posted on 29-January-2025 07:12 | Category: xlsgen, Excel generator | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

xlsgen 5.0.0.42 : Fix for pivot tables


Build 5.0.0.42 of xlsgen has a fix for the rendering of pivot tables. Under certain circumstances the rendering may overflow the target area where the pivot table is supposed to live.
Posted on 08-January-2025 08:18 | Category: xlsgen, Excel generator | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

xlsgen 5.0.0.41 : Fix CSV data import


Build 5.0.0.41 of xlsgen fixes a problem related to importing large CSV files where the tab character is used as a field separator.

Before this build, xlsgen would filter out tab characters in headers and unintentionally removing actual field separators, causing misalignment in the imported data.

Posted on 17-December-2024 18:14 | Category: xlsgen, Excel generator | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

xlsgen 5.0.0.40 : Improved HTML data import


Build 5.0.0.40 of xlsgen improves HTML data import by searching for data within a different HTML markup pattern, in addition to the existing one.

Before this build, xlsgen searches for data in table tr/td markup. Now it tries to search for data in this HTML pattern, and if it can't find anything, tries to search within hierarchical HTML div sections, which are more used nowadays than regular tables.

Posted on 04-November-2024 21:31 | Category: xlsgen, Excel generator | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

xlsgen 5.0.0.39 : Transposed CSV data import


Build 5.0.0.39 of xlsgen adds a new capability in the CSV data import, where the input data is layed out vertically i.e. in rows, as opposed to columns.

Here is a capture of the input data, i.e. the first actual row of data is made of (A1, B1, C1), then (A2, B2, C2), then ...


Importing transposed CSV data (above), into regular sheet data (below)


And then after instructing the xlsgen CSV import engine that the data is layed out this way :

worksheet.Import.CSV.Options.DataInRows = 3;



Posted on 03-November-2024 12:35 | Category: xlsgen, Excel generator | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

xlsgen 5.0.0.38 : Improved outline


Build 5.0.0.38 of xlsgen improves outlines (cell grouping) in a number of ways :

- in worksheet Duplicate scenarios, under certain circumstances, existing outlines were not carried over

- in XLSB files, outline levels were not properly written back to the file

- exposure of outline level in Rows or Columns :


enumOutlineLevel level = worksheet.Rows("12:12").Outline; // returns the outline level of row 12

enumOutlineLevel level = worksheet.Rows("12:15").Outline; // returns the max outline level in rows 12 to 15


Posted on 20-October-2024 15:09 | Category: xlsgen, Excel generator | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

xlsgen 5.0.0.37 : Fix for external references


Build 5.0.0.37 of xlsgen fixes the support for external references in xlsgen, by loosening how Excel file references with the same short name, stored in different folders, can coexist within the same Excel file.

Posted on 09-October-2024 23:50 | Category: xlsgen, Excel generator | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

xlsgen 5.0.0.36 : Fix speed in pivot tables


Build 5.0.0.36 of xlsgen improves the processing speed of fairly large pivot tables using all kinds of sort orderings. The processing time is reduced by an order of magnitude.

Posted on 15-September-2024 22:31 | Category: xlsgen, Excel generator | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

xlsgen 5.0.0.35 : Improved comments


Build 5.0.0.35 of xlsgen introduces improved comments. When an author name is specified, it is automatically added to the comment itself, in bold. Before this build, this had to be done by specific code using rich labels (i.e. text with formatting runs).

Here is how it works (C++) :


xlsgen::IXlsCommentPtr comment11 = worksheet->NewComment(3,2);
comment11->Author = L"stef";
comment11->Label = "my comment";
comment11->Translucid = TRUE;
comment11->Location(6,5,13,8);



Author name added to comments

Posted on 16-August-2024 12:52 | Category: xlsgen, Excel generator | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

Micro-ISVs take notice !


Just if you thought the current climate around selling software online was bad, just take a look at this alone, appeared today (july 2024) :

extrait : "Google Chrome will soon throw security warnings at you that you cannot ignore. (...) Whether this new barrier to downloading dangerous files will reduce the number of malicious downloads remains to be seen. It is surely adding complexity to the process and it feels strange that users have to select a reason for wanting to download the file, especially since all lead to the desired result."


extrait : "SAP 2nd quarter 2024 financial results : Software licenses revenue decreased by 28% to €0.2 billion and was down 27% at constant currencies. Cloud and software revenue
was up 10% to €7.17 billion and up 10% at constant currencies. Services revenue was up 6% to €1.11 billion and up 6% at constant
currencies. Total revenue was up 10% to €8.29 billion and up 10% at constant currencies.
"


Google's chrome is making it harder every year to download software from a website, arbitrarily scoring your software. And SAP, EU's largest software developer, is seeing very deep reduction of software license sales, telling software licensing vendors out there that this is probably time to consider a different career going forward.

It's all written on the wall !! Take notice !!!

And of course, none of this was supposed to happen. It's just the annoyance of a few major companies (Google and Microsoft) making it virtually impossible for a vendor to have their software download and installed by a potential customer.

Posted on 23-July-2024 12:06 | Category: News | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

Google, 2024


When it's not Microsoft, it's Google, both are US companies by the way :

extrait : "This link will no longer work in the near future

goo.gl links will no longer function after August 25th, 2025. Visit out blog post for more information about the goo.gl links shutdown.
"



Google crawler punishes 404 links in websites as long as it's someone other than them. Now Google is going to become the biggest 404 link generator worldwide comes august 2025. Congratulations Google, you've proven that you actually can not be trusted.

Posted on 19-July-2024 12:28 | Category: anti-Google | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

Microsoft, 2024, again and again



extrait : "Major Windows BSOD issue takes banks, airlines, and broadcasters offline / A faulty update from cybersecurity provider CrowdStrike is responsible for the global outage."


Again and again, single point of failure, maximum exposure to crashes.

Why are those guys out there using Windows in the first place ? What is the benefit of using such a bad OS ? Better yet, why are not those guys liable to their customers for using such a crooked OS ? Bring Microsoft to their knees, guys ! it's time !!




Posted on 19-July-2024 12:10 | Category: anti-Microsoft | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

Google's scroll thing


extrait : "Google Search will stop its continuous scroll user experience where Google loads more results as you scroll past the first page of the search results. Instead, you will see see the classic and old pagination bar at the footer of the Google Search results."


...and with infinite scrolling everyone could see that Google results were mostly random beyond the third result. These days, Google has a hard time searching for what you are looking for, except if we are talking about finding an entry in directories (think Yahoo 20 years ago). Google has effectively lost its way and no AI will improve it.

Posted on 26-June-2024 12:31 | Category: anti-Google | comment[0] | trackback[0]

 

 

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