Rating: 
Summary: Stay AWAY -- FAR FAR Away from this "Book"
Review: The only 2 people who have high marks for this book must have been the author and publisher. The English is horrible (I had to translate the "English" in my head as I read) and the code examples are *verbatim* from Microsoft help files and support pages.
OWC seems to be a powerful tool if used properly, but there are almost no resources available to learn. I am new to ASP.NET programming, and have not used ActiveX controls before, so my wish was that this book could give me a start with both. My consulting company ordered 2 copies of this book based on a review, and when we read it, we immediately realized it was 95% garbage, 4% confusing, and about 1% helpful. The helpful information can be found in the Office help files and on the Microsoft support pages.
WARNING: If you value your time and money, you will STAY away from this book!
There is a new book out called The Office Web Components Black Book with .NET...it looks promising, but we shall see. It should be at Amazon in the next couple of months.
Rating: 
Summary: No Code Download, No Contact Info, Omissions
Review: There are omissions that should not have been made.For Example: For the Spreadsheet component in the section titled "Getting Data into the Component", there's no mention of the Spreadsheet.XMLData nor Spreadsheet.XMLUrl Properties. As far as I know "Office XP" is mentioned in the book title. And yes, where is the code download?
Rating: 
Summary: Excellent Resource
Review: This book is a must for anyone programming Office Web Components. You can be up and running with all the components supported by Office XP. It has tons of information on using the chart component: --Chart Types
--Chart Elements
--Chart Area
--Plot Area
--Chart Titles
--Legend
--Series
--Values
--Axes
--Gridlines
--Error Bars
--Trendline
--Data labels
--Split Axis
--Add Data Labels It contains code samples for all the chart types you will need: --Pie Chart
--Line Chart
--Area Chart
--Column Chart
--Bar Chart
--Gantt Chart
--XY Scatter Chart
--Stock Chart
--Doughnut Chart
--Radar Chart
--Bubble Chart
--Polar Chart
--Combination Chart
--Create Multiple Charts in the Same Chart Space This book has proven to be a very worthy purchase.
Rating:
Summary: Professional Asp Programming Guide for Office Web Component
Review: This book is wonderful especially because it covers all the new features in Office XP.
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