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Re: Spreadsheet libraries/widgets for software development?

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From: Dr. William E. Willis
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 02:53
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In article <1992Nov10.233142.28407@draco.macsch.com> mmp@farina.id.macsch.com (Marc M. Pack) writes:
>
>I'm working on an engineering program that operates under UNIX and X-Windows
>on about a half-dozen popular platforms.  For the newest version, I've been
>given the task of investigating the possibility of adding some kind of
>spreadsheet capability.  It would be used for a variety of editing and
>display tasks.  Optimally, I would like to find some third-party software
>that can be linked into the main program, and could transfer data back
>and forth in a straightforward manner.  I suppose some kind of X widget
>spreadsheet might also work.  Can anyone point me in the right direction?
>
>Marc Pack
>mmp@macsch.com
>(213)259-3845

Check out the Xess spread sheet from Applied Information Systems in
Chapel Hill North Carolina. It has extensive general spread sheet
capabilities plus a complete API through which other programs may be
attached. The other programs may even run on other platforms in your
network such as a Cray Y/MP.

Applied Information Systems
1 (800) 334-5510

Bill Willis
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