US 7,584,414 B2Granted

Export to excel

AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation

InventorJoern Lindhard Mortensen

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Abstract

The method may include generating a plurality of reports where the plurality of reports comprise data from a database, generating at least one report document from the plurality of reports, the at least one report document comprising a plurality of rows, the at least one report document further comprising at least one report document object. The method may also include providing a row pointer to at least one row of the at least one report document, converting the at least one report document object of the at least one row to an extensible markup language schema definition object, serializing the extensible markup language schema definition object to an extensible markup language document. Additionally, if the at least one report document comprises additional rows, the method may include moving the row pointer to the additional row of the at least one report document and repeating serializing the extensible markup language schema definition object of the at least one row to an extensible markup language document.

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Dependent claims

A method of exporting a report generated by an application to an alternate format, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) generating at least one report including data from a database;
(b) generating at least one report document from the at least one report, the at least one report document having a plurality of rows, at least one of the plurality of rows containing no report document objects therein, and at least one of the plurality of rows containing one or more report document objects therein;
(c) establishing a row pointer to each one of the plurality of rows in an iterative fashion;
(d) during the time that the row pointer is established with respect to each one of the plurality of rows, determining if the row pointed to by the row pointer does not include any report document objects contained therein and, if so, then immediately serializing that row to an extensible markup language document before the row pointer is established to another one of the plurality of rows;
and
(e) during the time that the row pointer is established with respect to each one of the plurality of rows, determining if a row pointed to by the row pointer includes one or more report document objects and, if so, then converting the one or more report document objects to a corresponding number of extensible markup language schema definition objects and then immediately serializing and de-allocating the extensible markup language schema definition objects to the extensible markup language document before the row pointer is established to another one of the plurality of rows.

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A method of exporting a report generated by an application to an alternate format, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) generating at least one report including data from a database;
(b) generating at least one report document from the at least one report, the at least one report document having a plurality of rows, at least one of the plurality of rows containing no report document objects therein, and at least one of the plurality of rows containing one or more report document objects therein;
(c) establishing a row pointer to each one of the plurality of rows in an iterative fashion:
(d) during the time that the row pointer is established with respect to each one of the plurality of rows, determining if the row pointed to by the row pointer does not include any report document objects contained therein and, if so, then immediately serializing that row to an extensible markup language document before the row pointer is established to another one of the plurality of rows;
(e) during the time that the row pointer is established with respect to each one of the plurality of rows, determining if a row pointed to by the row pointer includes one or more report document objects and, if so, then converting the one or more report document objects to a corresponding number of extensible markup language schema definition objects and then immediately serializing and de-allocating the extensible markup language schema definition objects to the extensible markup language document before the row pointer is established to another one of the plurality of rows;
wherein step (e) further comprises determining if a row to which the pointer is established is at least one of type header, data, and group and executing the conversion based upon the determination;
wherein step (e) further comprises determining if the row is a header row and, if so, then converting the header row to an extensible markup schema definition row;
wherein step (e) further comprises determining if the row is a data row and, if so, then converting the data row to an extensible markup schema definition row;
wherein step (e) further comprises determining if the row is a group row and then, if so, converting the group row to an extensible markup schema definition row;
creating the extensible markup language document for spreadsheet program;
and
wherein the report document contains at least one report document object type of at least one of values, names, and styles.

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