XLware announced the release of LibXL 2.3.1. Many of the developers have problems in importing/exporting data from theirs apps to Excel files. Complex OLE automation is usually employed and depends on Microsoft Excel that is installed.

LibXL 2.3.1 is a library for software developers which allow you to build xls-files with a variety of formatting and extract data from existing xls-files devoid of Microsoft Excel. This library provides an alternative solution like direct reading and writing of XLS files. Moreover, the library lets you use prepared xls-files as templates. It supports formatting of cells like alignments, colors, fonts, fill patterns, borders etc. It works with large sheets.

LibXL is delivered as a dynamic library and can be easily integrated with definitive applications. Versions for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX are also available. LibXL has a high performance and is written in pure C++. .NET developers can make use of this library with the offered .NET wrapper. Delphi units are provided for Delphi developers.

LibXL 2.3.1 provides picture support for png, wmf, jpg formats. It also provides support for date and number formats. It holds up merging, page breaks, and comments as well. It gives you options for inserting or removing rows or columns. You can also change row heights and column widths. It does give you a stand-alone library which bags you with all the essential supports. Unicode support is also there.

Full version of LibXL is available for a cost of $199.00 (US) for a single license. It is of 3MB in size. Free technical support and upgrades are offered for licensed users absolutely free of charge for one year starting from the date of purchase. Further details on the product, as well as its evaluation copy for free can be obtained from their website.