h1. xlsx

h1. → 'xlsx'


h2. What

This little gem writes MS Excel 2007 xlsx files.


h2. Installing

<pre syntax="ruby">sudo gem install simonmenke-xlsx</pre>


h2. Demonstration of usage

<pre syntax="ruby">require 'rubygems'
require 'xlsx'

workbook = XLSX::Workbook.new
workbook.add_sheet("My sheet") do |sheet|
  
  sheet[0,0] = 'ID'
  sheet[0,1] = 'VALUE'
  
  sheet[1,0] = 3
  sheet[1,1] = 'Hello'
  
end

workbook.dump('~/data.xlsx') # write the file
workbook.build # or get the data</pre>

h2. How to submit patches

Read the "8 steps for fixing other people's code":http://drnicwilliams.com/2007/06/01/8-steps-for-fixing-other-peoples-code/ and for section "8b: Submit patch to Google Groups":http://drnicwilliams.com/2007/06/01/8-steps-for-fixing-other-peoples-code/#8b-google-groups, use the Google Group above.

You can fetch the source from:

* github: "http://github.com/simonmenke/xlsx/tree/master":http://github.com/simonmenke/xlsx/tree/master

<pre>git clone git://github.com/simonmenke/xlsx.git</pre>

h3. Build and test instructions

<pre>cd xlsx
rake test
rake install_gem</pre>


h2. License

This code is free to use under the terms of the MIT license. 

h2. Contact

Comments are welcome. Send an email to "Simon Menke":mailto:simon@5xm.org via the "lighthouse":http://menke.lighthouseapp.com/projects/16082-xlsx/overview