POWERUp 2019

Our businesses often want reports delivered in Excel format. While there are several ways to create these spreadsheets using RPG, they all have some drawbacks. Writing to the current XLSX format for Excel spreadsheets may seem a formidable challenge, but we will see that the prospect of success is better than it might seem at first. And we will see how to use tools such as CGIDEV2 to accomplish the task of creating these modern, highly-functional spreadsheets. Suggested prerequisite: Fast Modern Excel (XLSX) Workbook Creation Using RPG

Learning Objectives:


1.Understand the internal structure of modern Excel (XLSX) files
2. Create a working program that will create an Excel file
3. Take away a usable shell as the basis for further development