The Microsoft Office XP Web Components bring the power of data analysis to the Web. With Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Access, and Microsoft Excel, you can publish data as part of a Web page. Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.01 or later, you can manipulate the data directly in the browser. PivotTable lists, like PivotTable reports in Excel, provide a different way to view and report data stored within lists.
Charts provide graphical views of data allowing users to quickly compare values.
A chart can be interactive, in that it will be updated on the Web page when its associated data is updated. The Data Source component is the reporting engine behind Data Access Pages, PivotTable lists, and data-bound charts, managing database connections and retrieving records for the other components. The Office Web Components are available in FrontPage and the data access page Design view in Access. In Excel, you can choose to publish your data with interactivity when you use the Save as Web page command. In addition, you can use the Office Web Components in other programs that support ActiveX controls, such as Visual Basic 6.0.