Spreadsheet component which has features nearest to excel

Question

I am looking for a spreadsheet control that has feature set nearest to MS Excel.

Currently I am using an ActiveX called FormulaOne but it is a dated control and has features compatible for up to MS Excel 5.

The component can be either ActiveX, .NET component or a Java Bean.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

I created and led the development of Formula One VBX / ActiveX / Java for more than ten years. I left to start SpreadsheetGear LLC shortly after Actuate acquired Tidestone Technologies in May of 2001.

We released SpreadsheetGear for .NET 1.0 in 2005, added support for xlsx (Excel 2007) workbooks in version 4.0 and added support for Excel 2010 xlsx and xlsm workbooks in version 6.0 last year.

We are confident that you will not find a more Excel compatible spreadsheet component than SpreadsheetGear - but obviously we are biased so you should try it for yourself.

You can learn more here and download a free trial here.

Disclaimer: I own SpreadsheetGear LLC