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What is the licensing for this? I couldn't tell whether this was free, if I had to pay, if it was open source, GPL, etc.

karamazov 14y ago
It's a free beta. We'll be charging for it down the line, but you can use this however you like for now. (It's not open source, though.)
- jlarocco 14y ago
  Why would I use this when I can already connect to Excel using COM for free?
  - ZoFreX 14y ago
    That's the most perfectly ambiguous sentence I've ever seen on here, I actually can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. Are you?
    - jlarocco 14y ago
      It was a real question. COM isn't hot new technology, but it works, costs $0 above and beyond Excel, and can access as much (or more) of Excel. The reason I ask is that after a quick look, the IronSpread examples don't look too much different than accessing Excel via plain old COM. [1] And there's even a chapter in a book [2] for accessing Excel from Python through COM. And example code [3] for wrapping Excel COM in a Python class. I guess put another way, my question would be what does IronSpread offer above and beyond the regular access from COM? [1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/441758/driving-excel-from-python-in-windows http://stackoverflow.com/questions/441758/driving-excel-from... (the second answer) [2] http://my.safaribooksonline.com/1565926218/ch09-84996 http://my.safaribooksonline.com/1565926218/ch09-84996 [3] http://dzone.com/snippets/script-excel-python http://dzone.com/snippets/script-excel-python
  - ivolo 14y ago
    When I use COM, it's usually free.
  - cheez 14y ago
    This is for extending Excel. I'm not sure how easy it is with COM (I'm sure it's possible) but you are paying them to make it easy for you.
  - sandGorgon 14y ago
    Why would I use this when I can already connect to Excel using PyWin32+COM and be able to interact with Excel in Python for free? FTFY
- glimcat 14y ago
  > We'll be charging for it down the line Implement billing. Now. No excuses.

karamazov 14y ago

It's a free beta. We'll be charging for it down the line, but you can use this however you like for now. (It's not open source, though.)

jlarocco 14y ago
Why would I use this when I can already connect to Excel using COM for free?
- ZoFreX 14y ago
  That's the most perfectly ambiguous sentence I've ever seen on here, I actually can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. Are you?
  - jlarocco 14y ago
    It was a real question. COM isn't hot new technology, but it works, costs $0 above and beyond Excel, and can access as much (or more) of Excel. The reason I ask is that after a quick look, the IronSpread examples don't look too much different than accessing Excel via plain old COM. [1] And there's even a chapter in a book [2] for accessing Excel from Python through COM. And example code [3] for wrapping Excel COM in a Python class. I guess put another way, my question would be what does IronSpread offer above and beyond the regular access from COM? [1] http://stackoverflow.com/questions/441758/driving-excel-from-python-in-windows http://stackoverflow.com/questions/441758/driving-excel-from... (the second answer) [2] http://my.safaribooksonline.com/1565926218/ch09-84996 http://my.safaribooksonline.com/1565926218/ch09-84996 [3] http://dzone.com/snippets/script-excel-python http://dzone.com/snippets/script-excel-python
- ivolo 14y ago
  When I use COM, it's usually free.
- cheez 14y ago
  This is for extending Excel. I'm not sure how easy it is with COM (I'm sure it's possible) but you are paying them to make it easy for you.
- sandGorgon 14y ago
  Why would I use this when I can already connect to Excel using PyWin32+COM and be able to interact with Excel in Python for free? FTFY
glimcat 14y ago
> We'll be charging for it down the line Implement billing. Now. No excuses.