Formula One ActiveX provides an API-driven, Excel-compatible spreadsheet component for building Windows applications in visual development environments such as Visual Basic and Visual C++.

Celebrating 10 years of delivering powerful spreadsheet, reporting, and grid functionality to the developer marketplace, Formula One ActiveX has been licensed by more than 40,000 developers and is used in applications all over the world.

Formula One ActiveX gives your users the most popular features of a stand-alone spreadsheet application with none of the overhead and programming hassles of using Excel and VBA. In addition to its fast calculation engine, Excel formula syntax, and Excel file compatibility, Formula One provides the utmost in flexibility with a rich and extensive API that gives developers complete control of the spreadsheet environment.

Benefits and Uses

Database Connectivity

Supplied ODBC methods enable Formula One ActiveX to connect to a wide variety of databases.

Design Tools

Includes a workbook designer for users to enter and manipulate data and for developers to build report templates for use in Windows applications.

Exceptional Performance

Provides a powerful spreadsheet engine for performing fast calculations .

Terrific Excel Compatibility With No Reliance On Excel

Reads and writes Excel 95/97/2000/XP file formats without relying or calling on the Excel application itself. Provides many of the same formula, function, calculation, and data formatting options as Excel, including support for user-written, add-in functions.

Flexible PI Driven

As opposed to the standalone spreadsheet application architecture of Excel, Formula One ActiveX is designed to be a programmer's tool with a small footprint and complete API model

Charting

Includes the First Impression 2D and 3D ActiveX charting component for displaying data graphically alone on forms or in conjunction with the spreadsheets and grids of Formula One ActiveX .

Formula One ActiveX Starter Pack Licensing

The Formula One ActiveX Starter Pack includes First Impression ActiveX charting, licenses one developer and 25 end users. Additional developers and additional end users can be purchased.

Support and Maintenance for Formula One ActiveX

Formula One ActiveX, a well-documented and powerful component, has been retired from active development. (Note: Retired status is for Formula One ActiveX only and does not apply to the Java versions of Formula One). All Formula One ActiveX licenses are sold "as is" and do not include support or maintenance. ReportingEngines provides a 30-day trial download of Formula One ActiveX allowing developers sufficient time to verify the component's robust capabilities and stability.

Source Code Licensing: For developers who want to make code modifications or feature enhancements to Formula One ActiveX 6.1, ReportingEngines may license source code to meet your needs. for more details.