A data manipulation tool which integrates with most major programming languages and web pages. The active embedded spreadsheets in this web site owe their existence to this wonderful piece of software. Formula One allows users to create interactive spreadsheets which can be embedded into web pages.
Internet users can use a free plug-in to use the embedded spreadsheets.
Although primarily an industrial strength piece of software used widely by major companies I.T. departments, Formula One is an ideal tool for schools to use to distribute spreadsheet activities for use in the classroom, library and the home. There is more to the software than simply embedding spreadsheets into web pages and a visit to Visual Components web site will give a better idea of its capabilities. A downside to Formula One is the lack of a plug-in for computer platforms which do not use any of the Microsoft Windows operating systems. Happily this will not pose a problem for Java savvy users who can compose Java Applets with the latest Visual Components application, Formula One with Java. The resulting spreadsheets are truly platform independent.