New Features of ZK Spreadsheet 2.0

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Introduction

ZK Spreadsheet is an Ajax component that delivers functionalities found in Microsoft Excel.
Embedding ZK Spreadsheet in your Java web application to garner features such as:

  • Import your Excel 2003/2007 files to ZK Spreadsheet and make them collaborative online.
  • Control or configure an Ajax spreadsheet with versatile Java APIs.
  • Register event listeners on rows, columns, cells, or any range of selected cells to make a highly interactive web application.
  • Bind cells to back-end Java beans such that change in data is reflected on user interface automatically.
  • Extend on top of hundreds built in functions that come with ZK Spreadsheet in Java

Features

Embeddable Ajax Java Component

  • Server-centric Architecture
    Seamlessly integrate with Java EE, Web services and other back-end technologies.
    No JavaScript required.
  • Fully Controllable in Java
    The backend data model and formula evaluation engine is built on top of the Apache POI library. Developers could control, configure, or extend the Ajax spreadsheet entirely in Java.
  • Event Driven
    A comprehensive set of events were designed to allow developers to create a highly interactive spreadsheet application.
    [/_w/images/8/88/EditingEvents.swf See Demo-Editing Events], [/_w/images/c/cd/KeyEvent.png See Illustration-Key Events], [/_w/images/1/1b/OnHeaderRightClick.swf See Demo-Mouse Events], [/_w/images/4/40/SelectionEvents.png See Illustration-Selection Events]
    Read Doc
  • Java Bean Binding
    ZK Spreadsheet resolves name expressions in cells to make bindings to back-end Java beans transparently, including Spring and CDI managed beans.
    [/_w/images/5/5e/DataBinding_Chart.png See Illustration]
  • Embeddable in Java Web Pages
    ZK Spreadsheet is a ZK component which developers could embed into any Java web application, such as JSP, JSF, and ZUML.
    Interact with other Ajax components such as Charts, Google Maps, etc.
  • Support All Major Browsers without Plugin
    Ajax interactivity without Applets, Flash, ActiveX, or Excel.
    ZK Spreadsheet supports all major browsers: IE 6-9, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, ...
  • Collaborate Among Multiple Users
    Allow multiple users to collaborate on the same worksheet.
  • Use as a JSF Component
    In addition as an embeddable ZK component, ZK Spreadsheet is also provided as a JSF Ajax Component.

Imort/Export Worksheet

  • Import/Export Excel 2003/2007 Files
    Import or export worksheets with xls (Excel 2003) or xlsx (Excel 2007) formats.
  • Export to PDF
    Print worksheets or a selection of cells to PDF.
    [/_w/images/5/5a/ExportPDF.swf See Demo]

Worksheet Operations

  • Drag and Drop Editing of Selected Cells
    Use drag and drop to copy or move selected cell on worksheets.
    [/_w/images/9/9c/DragNDropCells.swf See Demo]
  • Insert/Delete Rows, Columns, or a Range of Cells
    Rows, columns, or a selected range of cells can be inserted or deleted dynamically.
    [/_w/images/a/a2/AlterRanges.swf See Demo]
  • Merge/Unmerge Cells
    ZK Spreadsheet supports merging and unmerging of horizontal cells
  • Auto-fill Cells
    Select and drag a selection of cells to copy their content to adjacent cells.
    [/_w/images/6/69/AutoFillCells.swf See Demo]
  • Copy-Paste Cells with Paste Special Support
    Users can copy and paste selected cells with the option of executing a specific paste special task.
    [/_w/images/b/b4/CopyPaste.swf See Demo]
  • Sorting and Custom Sort
    ZK Spreadsheet not only supports ascending/descending sorting, but also sorting conditionally, such as sorting columns of data one by one sequentially.
    [/_w/images/c/cf/Sorting.swf See Demo]
  • Keystroke Shortcuts
    ZK Spreadsheet has an array of built in shortcuts, such as "Ctrl + Delete" for clearing CSS styling,"Shift + Arrow Keys" for selecting a range of cells, etc.
    [/_w/images/4/41/ShortcutKeys.swf See Demo]
  • Multi-line In-place Cell Editing
    [/_w/images/9/9e/EditingZSS.swf See Demo]

Worksheet Customization

  • Multiple Worksheets
    Users can switch between multiple worksheets by clicking on the desired worksheet tabs. The worksheet content is loaded on demand.
    [/_w/images/d/d4/Muti-Sheets.swf See Demo]
  • Freeze Rows and Columns
    Rows and columns can be made frozen so that desired rows or columns are locked in view.
    [/_w/images/d/d1/FreezeColRow.swf See Demo]
  • Hide/Show Rows and Columns
    Rows and columns can be shown or hidden using context menu or by simply dragging the rows or columns to collapse or expand.
    [/_w/images/b/b0/HideRowCol.swf See Demo - Using Context Menu]
    [/_w/images/1/12/HideRowColByDragging.swf See Demo - Using Drag and Collapse/Expand]
  • Set Column Width and Row Height
    Column width and row height are adjustable.
  • Set Worksheet Size
    ZK Spreadsheet is sizable just like other ZK components.
  • Hide/Show Row/Column Headers
    Headers for rows and columns can be made visible/invisible
  • Modify Row/Column Headers
    [/_w/images/1/12/ModifyHeader.swf See Demo]
  • Hide/Show Grid Lines
    Users can make grid visible/invisible with a click of the check-box.
    [/_w/images/c/c5/GridLines.swf See Demo]
  • Set Maximum Rows and Columns Allowed
    [/_w/images/0/04/MaxColRow.swf See Demo]
  • User Defined Functions
    ZK Spreadsheet allows developers to implement custom formula functions on top of hundreds built in ones in Java. End users can use custom these functions just like any other built in functions.
    Read Doc

Cell Formatting and Styling

  • Number Formatting
    Format number in cells using friendly dialog.
    [/_w/images/b/bf/NumberFormatting.swf See Demo]
  • Text Formatting
    Text formatting options include font, boldfaced, italic, among others. Any text format imported from an Excel worksheet would remain consistent in ZK Spreadsheet.
    [/_w/images/5/52/RichFormattedText.swf See Demo]
  • Bullet List in Cells
  • Selected Cells Highlighting
    [/_w/images/8/8b/SelectionHighlight.swf See Demo]
  • Set Borders
  • Text Overflow to Adjacent Cells
  • Text Wrapping
  • Hyperlink Creation
    A cell content can be made into a hyperlink via the "Insert Hyperlink" dialog.
    [/_w/images/c/cd/Hyperlink.swf See Demo]
  • Text Alignment
    Text in cells can be made aligned to right, center, and left.
  • Styling Toolbar
    Change the styling in cell content using toolbar.
    [/_w/images/d/d4/FastIconToolbar.swf See Demo]
  • Styling context menu
    Change the styling in cell content using context menu.
    [/_w/images/b/b3/ChangeStyleByContextMenu.swf See Demo]

Charts and Images

  • Work with Interactive Excel Charts
    Charts created in Excel can be imported to ZK Spreadsheet. Changes in the data are reflected on the charts automatically. Charts supported include: Bar, Bar3D, Line, Line3D, Pie, Pie3D, and Donut in 2003(xls) and 2007(xlsx) format.
    [/_w/images/2/2c/ColumnChart.swf See Demo]
  • Export Excel charts to PDF
    Export Excel charts to PDF
    [/_w/images/3/3f/ExportChartPDF.swf See Demo]
  • Insert/Import Images
    Users can insert images into cells and images embedded in an Excel 2003 (xls) and 2007 (xlsx) worksheets can be rendered in ZK Spreadsheet when it is imported into ZK Spreadsheet.
    [/_w/images/0/00/LoadImage.swf See Demo]

Worksheet Utilities

  • Cell Load on Demand
    Like other tabular components in ZK, ZK Spreadsheet supports “Load on Demand” which only the cells in view are loaded.
    [/_w/images/1/1a/LoadCellOnDemand.png See Illustration]
  • Efficient Formula Reference Dependency Tracking
    Advanced algorithm for formula evaluation and calculation.
  • POI Enhancements
    Performance tuning, bug fixing, feature enhancements, etc.

Built-in Functions

41 Financial Formula Functions

ACCRINT ACCRINTM AMORDEGRC AMORLINC COUPDAYBS COUPDAYS COUPDAYSNC COUPNCD COUPNUM COUPPCD
CUMIPMT CUMPRINC DB DDB DISC DOLLARDE DOLLARFR DURATION EFFECT FV
FVSCHEDULE INTRATE IPMT NOMINAL NPER NPV PMT PPMT PRICE PRICEDISC
PRICEMAT PV RECEIVED SLN SYD TBILLEQ TBILLYIELD XNPV YIELD YIELDDISC
YIELDMAT

60 Math Formula Functions

ABS ACOS ACOSH ASIN ASINH ATAN ATAN2 ATANH CEILING COMBINACCRINT
COS COSH DEGREES EVEN EXP FACT FACTDOUBLE FLOOR GCD INT
LCM LN LOG LOG10 MDETERM MINVERSE MMULT MOD MROUND MULTINOMIAL
ODD PI POWER PRODUCT QUOTIENT RADIANS RAND RANDBETWEEN ROMAN ROUND
ROUNDDOWN ROUNDUP SERIESSUM SIGN SIN SINH SQRT SQRTPI SUBTOTAL SUM
SUMIF SUMIFS SUMPRODUCT SUMSQ SUMX2MY2 SUMX2PY2 SUMXMY2 TAN TANH TRUNC

45 Statistical Formula Functions

AVEDEV AVERAGE AVERAGEA AVERAGEIF AVERAGEIFS BETADIST BETAINV BINOMDIST CHIDIST CHIINV
COUNT COUNTA COUNTBLANK COUNTIF DEVSQ EXPONDIST FDIST FINV GAMMADIST GAMMAINV
GAMMALN GEOMEAN GROWTH HARMEAN HYPGEOMDIST INTERCEPT KURT LARGE MAX MAXA
MEDIAN MIN MINA MODE NORMDIST POISSON SKEW SLOPE SMALL STDEV
STDEVA TDIST TINV VAR WEIBULL

7 Logical Formula Functions

AND FALSE IF IFERROR NOT OR TRUE

38 Engineering Formula Functions

BESSELI BESSELJ BESSELK BESSELY BIN2DEC BIN2HEX BIN2OCT COMPLEX DEC2BIN DEC2HEX
DEC2OCT DELTA ERF ERFC GESTEP HEX2BIN HEX2DEC HEX2OCT IMABS IMAGINARY
IMARGUMENT IMCONJUGATE IMCOS IMDIV IMEXP IMLN IMLOG10 IMLOG2 IMPOWER IMPRODUCT
IMREAL IMSIN IMSQRT IMSUB IMSUM OCT2BIN OCT2DEC OCT2HEX

24 Text Functions

CHAR CLEAN CODE CONCATENATE DOLLAR EXACT FIND, FINDB FIXED LEFT, LEFTB LEN, LENB
LOWER MID, MIDB PHONETIC PROPER REPLACE, REPLACEB REPT RIGHT, RIGHTB SEARCH, SEARCHB SUBSTITUTE T
TEXT TRIM UPPER VALUE

16 Info Functions

ERROR.TYPE INFO ISBLANK ISERR ISERROR ISEVEN ISLOGICAL ISNA ISNONTEXT ISNUMBER
ISODD ISREF ISTEXT N NA TYPE

15 Date & Time Functions

DATE DATEVALUE DAY DAYS360 HOUR MINUTE MONTH NETWORKDAYS NOW SECOND
TIME TIMEVALUE TODAY WEEKDAY YEAR

ZK Spreadsheet App

  • Excel-like Web Application
    A stand-alone web based spreadsheet application that allows real-time online collaboration.
    Tap into the functionalities of ZK Spreadsheet with menus, context menus, dialogs, wizards, etc.
    [/_w/images/5/51/MenuFunction.swf See Menu Demo]
    Import/export Excel worksheets, Charts and PDF.

Reference

Integrate ZK Spreadsheet with Spring

Use JavaBean in Excel with ZK Spreadsheet