BIRT-ing Out Loud

Tomorrow, November 14th, we will be hosting a webinar on BIRT Exchange showing how to use the e.Spreadsheet Engine APIs to integrate Excel and Java.  We will discuss how simple it is to read existing Excel files into Java, write Excel files from Java, and leverage Excel formula calculations in Java.  New with Version 10 is that some of the Excel read/write functionality will be free.  The webinar is a brisk 30 minutes so plan to show up 5-10 minutes early so you don’t miss anything.

Using the e.Spreadsheet Engine APIs in Java
Nov 14, 2008 - 09:00 am PST- 30 minutes

The webinar will be recorded and available from the same link for those of you reading this post after November 14th.

While much of BIRT Exchange talks about the BIRT reporting technology, there is another technology represented here around the e.Spreadsheet product line.  One of these products, the e.Spreadsheet Designer, allows you to author rich spreadsheet reports that you can deliver from your applications.  While this designer is quite feature-rich, providing working charts, real formulas, outlining, and multiple worksheets, there are times you may want to extend this designer even further.

This Friday, October 31st, at 9am PST, Parag Sanghavi from Actuate Support will treat us with a few tricks on how to extend the e.Spreadsheet Designer with Java Callback Classes allowing the designer to handle any spreadsheet reporting requirement thrown at it.  More information on this webinar and sign up information is at the link below.

Working with e.Spreadsheet Callback Classes
Oct 31, 2008 - 09:00 am

This Friday, August 8th, we will be presenting a short 30 minute webinar on using the free Actuate e.Spreadsheet Designer.  This webinar is for those of you that appreciate the difference between a XLS export of data and a true spreadsheet with live charts, formulas and multiple worksheets. 

More information on this webinar can be found here