Using Charts created with OWC on the Desktop

[Chris Morgan]

We are creating an application that allows users to create charts using the
OWC and would like to allow the user to download the chart to be used on
there local copy of Excel.

We run everything in the background on the web site and ther users can view
the GIF created by the OWC but we would like them to be able to download a
file that will allow them to modify the chart to just the way they like it
(corporate colors etc).

Any ideas ... we have looked at the XMLData that is avialable, but this does
not look like it can be used directly within Excel, but we could be wrong (is
the a tranform avialable).

 

[Alvin Bruney - ASP.NET MVP]

before you go that route, you should be concerned about licensing issues. It
appears that you would like your users to interact with the chart. Unless
you have an interactive license, you are in violation of the terms of the
agreement. Read this link
oops, i see that the licensing link on microsoft's website is no longer
available. you may find some licensing resources on the office web site.

--
Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

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[Chris Morgan]

Alvin,

Thanks for the reply, but we dont think we are in violation of the licensing
as the user would have to have a copy of Excel to use the file that is down
loaded. They will not be able to interact with the chart on the web site as
they are only able to select what items are to be charted and very little
else (no legends, axis labels etc).

What we would like them to be able to do is download the data and chart
details in a way that lets them use the results only if they do have a copy
of Excel.
--
Kindest Regards
Chris

before you go that route, you should be concerned about licensing issues. It
appears that you would like your users to interact with the chart. Unless
you have an interactive license, you are in violation of the terms of the
agreement. Read this link
oops, i see that the licensing link on microsoft's website is no longer
available. you may find some licensing resources on the office web site.

--
Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
The Microsoft Office Web Components Black Book with .NET
Now Available @ www.lulu.com/owc
Forth-coming VSTO.NET - Wrox/Wiley 2006

 

[Alvin Bruney - ASP.NET MVP]

An OWC chart will not load in Excel, in fact nothing else can load an OWC
chart but an OWC component. What you may do is provide the raw data and load
it into excel and build a chart from excel based on that raw data. That
pretty much takes OWC out of the picture.

--
Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
The Microsoft Office Web Components Black Book with .NET
Now Available @ www.lulu.com/owc
Forth-coming VSTO.NET - Wrox/Wiley 2006
-------------------------------------------------------

Alvin,

Thanks for the reply, but we dont think we are in violation of the licensing
as the user would have to have a copy of Excel to use the file that is down
loaded. They will not be able to interact with the chart on the web site as
they are only able to select what items are to be charted and very little
else (no legends, axis labels etc).

What we would like them to be able to do is download the data and chart
details in a way that lets them use the results only if they do have a copy
of Excel.
--
Kindest Regards
Chris

before you go that route, you should be concerned about licensing issues. It
appears that you would like your users to interact with the chart. Unless
you have an interactive license, you are in violation of the terms of the
agreement. Read this link
oops, i see that the licensing link on microsoft's website is no longer
available. you may find some licensing resources on the office web site.

--
Regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
The Microsoft Office Web Components Black Book with .NET
Now Available @ www.lulu.com/owc
Forth-coming VSTO.NET - Wrox/Wiley 2006
-------------------------------------------------------

We are creating an application that allows users to create charts

using
the

OWC and would like to allow the user to download the chart to be used on
there local copy of Excel.

We run everything in the background on the web site and ther users can view
the GIF created by the OWC but we would like them to be able to download a
file that will allow them to modify the chart to just the way they like it
(corporate colors etc).

Any ideas ... we have looked at the XMLData that is avialable, but

this
does

not look like it can be used directly within Excel, but we could be

wrong
(is

the a tranform avialable).

 

[Wei-Dong XU [MSFT]]

Hi Chris,

For your requirement, I have two suggestions for you:
1. I'd suggest you could embed the owc control in the web page with the
html tag <object> and then pass the data to the control in javascript. This
way, we could display the chart directly for the customer at the client IE
browser. Then if the client has installed the Microsoft Office 2003
software license. The user could edit the chart style directly in the
browser. If not, the user could only view the chart.

2. generate the image at the server side and transfer it to the client IE.
Build one page with the color design setting for the user. When they choose
the colors and then submit this to the server, we could generate the chrt
image directly in server side and then write it to the client. With this
image, the cusotmer could copy-paste it directly into their Excel file.

Please feel free to let me know if you have any further question on this
matter.

Best Regards,
Wei-Dong XU
Microsoft Product Support Services
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
It is my pleasure to be of assistance.

 

[Wei-Dong XU [MSFT]]

Hi Chris,

In addition, this kb article introduces the detailed information for you
regarding the deployment of the OWC.
828950 How to deploy the Office 2003 Web Components in an Office 2003
program
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=828950

Please feel free to let me know if you have any further question on this
matter.

Best Regards,
Wei-Dong XU
Microsoft Product Support Services
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
It is my pleasure to be of assistance.

 

[Yan-Hong Huang[MSFT]]

Hello Chris,

I am reviewing the issue thread. Do you have any more concerns on it? If
there is any unclear, please feel free to reply here and we will follow up.

Thanks very much.

Best regards,
Yanhong Huang
Microsoft Community Support

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