SpreadsheetOnRails

A gem to generate xls documents by using rxls templates.

Based on Defv railsxls plugin without the Java part.

Installation

In Rails 3, add this to your Gemfile and run the bundle command.

gem "spreadsheet_on_rails"

Getting Started

Add support for the new format in your controller:

class HomeController < ApplicationController

  def index
    respond_to do |format|
      format.html
      format.xls { render :xls => "<filename>"}
    end
  end
end

Create an xls view app/views/home/index.rxls:

sheet = workbook.create_worksheet
sheet.name = "What's in a name"

sheet.row(0).concat %w{Name Country Acknowlegement}
sheet[1,0] = 'Japan'
row = sheet.row(1)
row.push 'Creator of Ruby'
row.unshift 'Yukihiro Matsumoto'
sheet.row(2).replace [ 'Daniel J. Berger', 'U.S.A.',
                        'Author of original code for Spreadsheet::Excel' ]
sheet.row(3).push 'Charles Lowe', 'Author of the ruby-ole Library'
sheet.row(3).insert 1, 'Unknown'
sheet.update_row 4, 'Hannes Wyss', 'Switzerland', 'Author'

The view basically allow you to write directly with the spreadsheet gem.