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| SpreadsheetGear for .NET can be deployed royalty free with most client and server applications. Please see the license agreement for limitations. |
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| One developer license is required for each and every developer working on any application which utilizes SpreadsheetGear.dll. |
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| No, Excel is not required to use SpreadsheetGear for .NET. Using Excel in a server environment is not supported, which makes SpreadsheetGear for .NET a good solution for your server applications as well as your client applications. |
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| No, SpreadsheetGear for .NET is 100 percent safe managed code written exclusively for the .NET Framework. All that is required is the .NET Framework and SpreadsheetGear.dll. |
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SpreadsheetGear for .NET does not support the Excel 2007 (XLSX) file format. Excel 2007 can read and write Excel 97-2003 (XLS) workbooks which are compatible with SpreadsheetGear for .NET.
We are adding robust support for the Excel 2007 (XLSX) file format in SpreadsheetGear for .NET 2008 which we intend to release in the summer of 2008. Every subscription purchased now will include SpreadsheetGear for .NET 2008. |
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SpreadsheetGear for .NET supports reading and writing charts as well as pictures, text and other drawing objects. Series data sources, gradients, fonts, number formats, etc... are maintained. See the Excel Charting Samples for live examples and source code.
We are adding chart rendering, editing and APIs in SpreadsheetGear for .NET 2008 which we intend to release in the summer of 2008. Every subscription purchased now will include SpreadsheetGear for .NET 2008. |
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| See the Supported Excel Functions on the product page. |
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| SpreadsheetGear for .NET 2007 comes with the SpreadsheetGear Explorer, a helpful Windows Forms Application sample soluton for Visual Studio 2005 and Visual Studio 2008. See Windows Forms Spreadsheet Control Samples for instructions on running the SpreadsheetGear Explorer. |
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| Follow these getting started instructions and then refer to the live ASP.NET Samples. |
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1. Install Microsoft Visual C# 2005 / 2008 Express Edition or Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 / 2008 Express Edition. 2. Install SpreadsheetGear for .NET. 3. Launch Visual C# Express or Visual Basic Express. 4. On the File menu click New Project…. The New Project dialog box appears. (You may also Open an existing Windows Application project.) 5. Under Templates, choose Windows Application. 6. Change the Name as desired. 7. Click OK to create the project 8. On the View menu click Toolbox. The Toolbox appears. 9. Right-click in the Toolbox and click Add Tab. A new Tab appears to be named. 10. Name the Tab (such as SpreadsheetGear) 11. Right-click within the Tab and click Choose Items…. 12. Scroll through the list and check FormulaBar and WorkbookView. 13. Click OK to add the controls to the Tab. |
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| Yes. SpreadsheetGear for .NET is a strong named assembly which enables the installation and use of multiple versions on one machine. |
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| Visual Studio only looks for new .NET components once. Be sure to close and restart Visual Studio after installing SpreadsheetGear for .NET. |
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If you recently installed a new version of SpreadsheetGear, you may need to remove the reference to the SpreadsheetGear assembly from your project using the Solution Explorer window in Visual Studio. First, remove the old reference, then, add the new one back by using the .NET tab of the Add Reference dialog.
Note: It may be necessary to delete any occurences of SpreadsheetGear.dll from your project directory before adding the new assembly. |
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