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I'm curious on the Python thing. I've not really dug into it, and I'm
wondering if its worth it. What limited examples I saw, were of generating
an Excel file from basically a file dump not much different than generating
a .csv. The example used some command line script to accomplish this.

I assume more advanced functions are available in Python, otherwise it
wouldn't be necessary, so is the entire report logic being done in Python.
We're doing things like colored column headers, conditional formatting,
formulas, break logic with subtotals, and most recently tables. Do you do
all of that along with the report logic in Python instead of RPG?




From: John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 10/22/2015 02:44 PM
Subject: Re: Need help Scott's POI routines to generate XLSX files
Sent by: "MIDRANGE-L" <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



How set are you on using POI wrappers for this? If you're open to
trying Python, it's a much simpler setup, with fewer chances for
snags; plus it's arguably easier and faster to program. If you already
have even modest familiarity with Python, this should almost be a
no-brainer. If you don't have any experience with Python but have
heard of it and thought maybe it sounded interesting, that also would
be just about enough reason to give it a go for this project.

John Y.
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