Excel 2003: XML Toolbox for Microsoft Office Excel 2003 *Seeking Input*
We are putting specifications together for a XML toolkit for Excel 2003 developers. This is a project we actually started a while ago but it appeared that folks simply hadn’t had enough time working with XML in Excel to think out what their needs are.
So now following on the success of the XML Toolbox for Microsoft Office Word 2003, we figured the Office developers of the world must be ready for a version for Excel 2003. We anticipate that the toolkit will be a free download off of MSDN like its *cousin* version, and while we have a laundry list of ideas, we want to make sure that we address wishes and wants from anyone who is really using XML in Excel.
So if you are working with Excel XML and know of something that you would really like to see added to the toolkit, please post your feedback here or contact us directly. Doesn't matter if its small like add “a hot-key to toggle mapped cell borders” (Yeah we got that one! ;) ... or if its larger like “have Excel auto-edit the attached Xsd based on worksheet events” (thinking about that one :o) ... simply let us know... The sooner the better too, we hope to kick off development in the new year… Thanks!