<s>
Since	O
the	O
acquisition	O
,	O
Spread	O
for	O
Biztalk	B-Application
Server	I-Application
has	O
been	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
product	O
line	O
and	O
SpreadJS	O
,	O
a	O
JavaScript	O
version	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FarPoint	B-Language
Spread	I-Language
is	O
a	O
suite	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
Excel-compatible	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
components	O
available	O
for	O
.NET	B-Application
,	O
COM	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
BizTalk	I-Application
Server	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	O
developers	O
use	O
the	O
components	O
to	O
embed	O
Microsoft	O
Excel-compatible	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
features	O
into	O
their	O
applications	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
importing	O
and	O
exporting	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
files	O
,	O
displaying	O
,	O
modifying	O
,	O
analyzing	O
,	O
and	O
visualizing	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spread	O
components	O
handle	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
data	O
at	O
the	O
cell	O
,	O
row	O
,	O
column	O
,	O
or	O
worksheet	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spread	O
VBX	B-Language
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spread	O
ActiveX	B-Application
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
components	O
are	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
Spread	O
COM	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
2003	O
Spread	O
for	O
Windows	O
Forms	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
completely	O
new	O
managed	O
C#	O
version	O
prompted	O
by	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
.NET	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
2006	O
Spread	O
for	O
BizTalk	B-Application
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FarPoint	B-Language
Spread	I-Language
for	O
Windows	O
Forms	O
is	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
Excel-compatible	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
component	O
for	O
Windows	O
Forms	O
applications	O
developed	O
using	O
Microsoft	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
and	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
use	O
it	O
to	O
add	O
grids	O
and	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
to	O
their	O
applications	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
bind	O
them	O
to	O
data	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
version	O
4.0	O
,	O
new	O
cell	O
types	O
were	O
added	O
to	O
display	O
barcodes	O
and	O
fractions	O
,	O
and	O
exports	O
for	O
XML	O
and	O
PDF	B-Application
were	O
added	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FarPoint	B-Language
Spread	I-Language
for	O
ASP.NET	O
is	O
a	O
Microsoft	O
Excel-compatible	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
component	O
for	O
ASP.NET	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
use	O
it	O
to	O
add	O
grids	O
and	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
to	O
their	O
applications	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
FarPoint	B-Language
Spread	I-Language
8	O
COM	B-Application
allows	O
COM	B-Application
and	O
ActiveX	B-Application
applications	I-Application
to	O
incorporate	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1997	O
book	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
5	O
for	O
Windows	O
for	O
Dummies	O
,	O
Wally	O
Wang	O
lists	O
an	O
early	O
version	O
of	O
Spread	O
COM	B-Application
in	O
Chapter	O
35	O
:	O
The	O
Ten	O
Most	O
Useful	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
Add-On	O
Programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FarPoint	B-Language
Spread	I-Language
for	O
BizTalk	B-Application
Server	I-Application
allows	O
developers	O
to	O
integrate	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
documents	O
into	O
Microsoft	O
BizTalk	B-Application
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spread	O
for	O
BizTalk	B-Application
Server	I-Application
includes	O
two	O
components	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Spreadsheet	B-Application
Pipeline	O
Disassembler	O
-	O
Parses	O
data	O
from	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
(	O
XLS	O
and	O
Excel	B-Application
2007	I-Application
XML	O
,	O
CSV	O
,	O
TXT	O
)	O
documents	O
into	O
XML	O
data	O
for	O
processing	O
through	O
Microsoft	B-Application
BizTalk	I-Application
Server	I-Application
receive	O
pipelines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spreadsheet	B-Application
Pipeline	O
Assembler	O
-	O
Assembles	O
data	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
BizTalk	B-Application
applications	O
into	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
(	O
XLS	O
or	O
Excel	B-Application
2007	I-Application
XML	O
)	O
or	O
PDF	B-Application
documents	I-Application
for	O
transport	O
through	O
Microsoft	B-Application
BizTalk	I-Application
Server	I-Application
send	O
pipelines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
find	O
it	O
a	O
useful	O
tool	O
for	O
organizations	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
BizTalk	I-Application
Server	I-Application
Enterprise	O
Application	O
Integration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
this	O
release	O
,	O
BizTalk	B-Application
users	O
wanting	O
to	O
use	O
Excel	B-Application
data	O
had	O
to	O
manually	O
open	O
the	O
files	O
and	O
copy	O
and	O
paste	O
data	O
between	O
the	O
two	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
