Technology and IT services provider, Pagos, has announced the release of SpreadsheetLIVE version 1.5. This new offering includes new scripting support that enables software developers to extend the power of this online spreadsheet collaboration suite with custom scripts.

For example, a custom widget can capture location information in a spreadsheet and automatically generate an interactive map using Google or Yahoo! map APIs. Or, a widget can be designed to visualize data from SpreadsheetLIVE using third-party data visualization tools or APIs.

Scripting support also allows developers to write custom code to seamlessly integrate SpreadsheetLIVE with other applications, both homegrown internal applications and commercial software packages. The ability to integrate SpreadsheetLIVE’s grid as a user interface to manipulate data streamlines data entry and adjustment by eliminating the need to export or copy and paste data from the online spreadsheet to the user desktop.

With the release of SpreadsheetLIVE version 1.5, Pagos is also unveiling a new public script repository, a nod to open source-style collaboration, which allows developers to share their custom scripts with other users.

SpreadsheetLIVE delivers a fully-featured spreadsheet application, much like Microsoft Excel, but in an Internet browser-based environment that allows users to create spreadsheets from scratch online or upload existing spreadsheets and share them with others. Unlike installed software, however, SpreadsheetLIVE allows simultaneous editing of a spreadsheet by multiple users. This enables true collaboration, improves efficiency and reduces errors and troublesome versioning problems created when multiple users must edit the same worksheet independently.

Unlike other online spreadsheet services, SpreadsheetLIVE’s optional on-premise deployment provides added security and peace of mind for corporations, like financial institutions and other businesses that work with sensitive data. By hosting sensitive data on their own servers, companies can confidently and securely leverage the efficiencies of SpreadsheetLIVE’s online collaboration features.