file.open takes {csvAsText: true}: a CSV, TSV or TXT file opens with every field as the text
it holds, with no number, date or boolean conversion, so identifiers such as GTINs, SKUs and
ZIP codes keep their digits and leading zeros and save back unchanged. The default is
unchanged. The CsvOptions.parse_values switch already existed in the reader.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Excel stores the path of a linked workbook relative to the file that uses it, and rewrites it when the file is saved into another folder. The path was kept as text, so after Save As it named a file next to the new copy: a missing link, or another workbook with the same name. Relative externalLinkPath targets are now resolved against the folder the workbook was read from and written relative to the folder it is saved into (absolute when there is no relative path, on another drive).
Without a password, file.open returns an error carrying
io::PASSWORD_REQUIRED (never a dialog). A decrypted workbook gets no save
path, so Save never replaces the encrypted original.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Since #209, printing from the UI hands the print PDF to Services::print, which only
the web build set: on the desktop, Ctrl+P, More › Print, the macOS menu and the
Backstage Print button produced the PDF and dropped it. The desktop app now writes
it to the temporary folder and opens it in the system PDF viewer, whose Print
reaches the printer dialog.
Save As has a Save as type chooser (xlsx, csv, html, pdf); file.save and
file.saveAs with a .pdf path write a PDF of the sheet (they wrote XLSX bytes into
the .pdf and made it the workbook's file). The desktop save picker honours the
suggested type instead of always proposing .xlsx. The macOS Properties item opens
File › Info instead of running file.properties with no fields.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Clean-room import of Excel 97-2003 workbooks from the public [MS-CFB] and
[MS-XLS] specifications: compound-file streams (FAT, mini FAT, directory
tree), the BIFF8 Workbook stream with Continue records, shared strings,
all cell records, formulas decoded from Ptg tokens (shared and array
formulas, 3-D refs, names, add-in/newer functions by name) with cached
results, number formats, the 1904 date system, merges, column widths, row
heights, defined names and print areas/titles. Encrypted (FILEPASS) and
BIFF5 files are refused with a clear message; everything else is skipped
with a warning. .xls opens as a new unsaved workbook (Save As .xlsx).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Clicking the File tab now opens a full-window Backstage view in place of the
ribbon, formula bar, grid and sheet tabs, like Excel's. Esc or the back arrow
return to the sheet. Pages: Home (new + recent), New (blank + samples), Open
(recent + Browse), Info (location, properties, Protect Workbook), Save, Save As,
Print (page preview, scope, fit to page, Page Setup), Export (PDF, CSV, web
page), Close and Options (theme, language, formula bar, AutoSave, calculation).
Every action runs an existing command or dialog.
Adds `file.options` (reports the workbook's calculation settings and asks the
interface for the Options page) and the UI command `ui.backstage {page}`.
Keyboard shortcuts and the macOS native menu are unchanged.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Blank cell and row repeats that run past 16384 columns / 1048576 rows
(padding from writers with larger sheets) are clipped instead of
rejecting the file; any data or merge past the edge is still an error.
convert() builds its Cell with ..Cell::value(value) so new Cell fields
take their defaults.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Resolves the shared integration points for both formats: combined sniff,
file.open spec, file filters, MCP description, docs. open_bytes now lets
sniffed content (ODS or XLSB) win over the extension.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- ui-egui: title bar with QAT, full ribbon (Home/Insert/Draw/Page Layout/Formulas/Data/
Review/View/Automate + Table/Chart Design), formula bar with Name Box, virtualised grid
(frozen panes, overflow, borders, CF data bars/scales/icons, tables, sparklines, filter
buttons, charts/pictures/shapes), in-cell editor with point mode, reference colouring,
autocomplete and argument hints, sheet tabs, status bar, dialogs, control channel
- apps/sheetcraft: desktop app (control server, file dialogs, prefs, drag & drop)
- chart: toolkit-free chart layout/rendering for 25 chart kinds + sparklines + rasteriser
- mcp + sheetcraft-cli: MCP server (headless or bridged) and CLI (info/convert/eval/cat/run/mcp)
- xtask (ci/layers/assets/wasm/version/parity), release workflows, packaging, placeholder icon
- automatic row heights
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
