Inspiration ----------- This gem is highly influenced by the Prawn template handler and several other Excel template handlers that make use of the Spreadsheet gem. External Requirements --------------------- To use this gem you will need to load the latest stable jar file of the Apache POI project from http://poi.apache.org/download.html. You can do this simply with initializer such as: require "#{Rails.root}/lib/poi-3.7-20101029.jar" About the Apache POI Project ---------------------------- Apache's POI library is an extensive collection of Java classes for manipulating various Microsoft Office file formats, including Excel, Word, and much more. For a full information see http://poi.apache.org/.
MarkMenard/poi_xls_rails
Simple template handler to render Excel spreadsheet templates using the Apache POI library under JRuby.
Ruby