Documentation: http://qtxlsx.debao.me
QtXlsx is a library that can read and write Excel files. It doesn't require Microsoft Excel and can be used in any platform that Qt5 supported.
The library can be used to
* Generate a new .xlsx file from scratch
* Extract data from an existing .xlsx file
* Edit an existing .xlsx file
## Getting Started
* **Note** QZipWriter and QZipReader which live in *gui-private* is used in this library. For linux user, if your Qt is installed through package manager tools such "apt-get", make sure that you have installed the Qt5 develop package *qtbase5-private-dev* ; if you Qt is built from source by yourself, or download from qt-project.org directly, nothing need to do.
* **Note**: Perl is needed if you want to build this library as Qt5's module, aka. Usage(1) .
### Usage(1): Use Xlsx as Qt5's addon module
* Download the source code.
* Put the source code in any directory you like. At the toplevel directory run
```
qmake
make
make install
```
The library, the header files, and others will be installed to your system.
* Add following line to your qmake's project file:
```
QT += xlsx
```
* Then, using Qt Xlsx in your code
```cpp
#include "xlsxdocument.h"
int main()
{
QXlsx::Document xlsx;
xlsx.write("A1", "Hello Qt!");
xlsx.saveAs("Test.xlsx");
return 0;
}
```
### Usage(2): Use source code directly
The package contains a **qtxlsx.pri** file that allows you to integrate the component into applications that use qmake for the build step.
* Download the source code.
* Put the source code in any directory you like. For example, 3rdparty:
```
|-- project.pro
|-- ....
|-- 3rdparty\
| |-- qtxlsx\
| |
```
* Add following line to your qmake project file:
```
include(3rdparty/qtxlsx/src/xlsx/qtxlsx.pri)
```
**Note**: If you like, you can copy all files from *src/xlsx* to your application's source path. Then add following line to your project file:
```
include(qtxlsx.pri)
```
**Note**: If you do not use qmake, you need to define the following macro manually
```
XLSX_NO_LIB
```
* Then, using Qt Xlsx in your code
## References
* https://github.com/jmcnamara/XlsxWriter
* http://openpyxl.readthedocs.org
* http://officeopenxml.com/anatomyofOOXML-xlsx.php
* http://www.libxl.com
* http://closedxml.codeplex.com/
* http://epplus.codeplex.com/
* http://excelpackage.codeplex.com/
* http://spreadsheetlight.com/
* http://www.schemacentral.com/sc/ooxml/
