XML Publisher to generate Excel reports

Can we use RTF template to generate Excel reports? Is all the process the same or do I need to do some additional set ups? Also, can I create a custom report , set the output format to xml and run XML Publisher on the top of it to generate output of my choice? HAs anybody tried this? or is it possible only in standard reports?
Pl help. This is v urgent , i need to design my process flow accordingly
Thanks much

Hi
Yes you can generate Excel from an RTF template - there are some limitations. The Excel in this case is not binary Excel - its XHTML and the mime type is set so that Excel opens it.
So, you can not embed formulae, macros, etc in the RTF template and get the Excel output to execute them.
You second question is what Publisher is all about, give it XML data and a layout of your choice and then pick the output format you want.
Tim

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Below is the code. Can you change so that that the output can be seen in HTML? I checked the language, country etc and they are fine.
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