Murray, you probably had R-2.4.1 installed on this machine at the given location and did not update fully.
The package rcom creates a registry entry. This is done when you run the command "comRegisterRegistry()" at first use. When you install a new version of R, you need to install the latest version of rcom and run this command again. Please install package rcom for R-2.8.0 from CRAN and run this command. Then try again. Murray Eisenberg wrote: > With R-2.8 installed under Windows XP, I installed (D)COM, specifically > using RSrv250.exe. Something's wrong in the configuration. > > When I try "Server 01- Basic Test," I get a pop-up "StatConnector Test" > window. If I click the Start R button, I see: > > Loading StatConnector Server... Done > Initializing R...Function call failed > Code: -2147221485 > Text: installation problem: unable to load connector > > and I get a separate "Test1" pop-up saying "Method '~' of object '~' > failed. > > If instead, I try "Excel 01 - R Server Connection demo", immediately I > get RExcel.xla opened in the Microsoft Visual Basic debugger with a > pop-up window "Microsoft Visual Basic" saying, "Compile error: Can't > find project or library." The debugger has stopped at the word "Left" > in the line > > ExcelVersionMajor = CInt(Left(Application.Version, pos - 1)) > > of the function ExcelVersionMajor(). > > I stop the debugger. Excel 2003 is still open. I close it and then > reopen it in order to deactivate the RExcel add-in. When I use Tools > > Add-ins and uncheck RExcel, I get a "Microsoft Visual Basic" pop-up > window saying "Can't find project or library." I quit that window and > get a "VBAProject Password" window, which I cancel. > > Next, I reactivate RExcel add-in and now I get a new pop-up window, > "References - RExcelVBAlib" and I see the item: > > MISSING RCOM 1.0 Type Library > > with the message that this is should be in Location: > > C:\PROGRA~2\R\R-24~1.1\library\rcom\libs\rcom_srv.tlb > > But I do not have R installed there. Here's my setup: > > My system PATH includes > > D:\Stat\R\R2.8\bin > > (which is correct), and the file rcom_srv.tlb from rcom is in: > > D:\Stat\R\myRlib\rcom\libs > > In D:\Stat\R\R-2.8\bin, I have .Renviron, which includes: > > R_USER=e:/Documents/R > R_LIBS=d:/Stat/R/myRlib > > And that target of R_USER is where my .Rprofile is kept. It includes as > last line: > > library(rcom) > > and has no trouble, apparently, loading that library when I just start R > directly. > > I also have the Windows system variable R_HOME set to D:\Stat\R\R-2.8. > > I suspect part of the problem may arise from the file .Renviron that is > installed by RSrv250.exe into D:\Stat\R\(D)COM Server\xls. It contains > the single line: library(rcom) > > BUT... where is something picking up the spurious location > "C:\PROGRA~2\R\R-24~1.1\library\rcom\libs\rcom_srv.tlb" for > rcom_srv.tlb, and how do I fix this. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.2/1743 - Release Date: 10/24/2008 > 8:33 AM > -- Erich Neuwirth, University of Vienna Faculty of Computer Science Computer Supported Didactics Working Group Visit our SunSITE at http://sunsite.univie.ac.at Phone: +43-1-4277-39464 Fax: +43-1-4277-39459 _______________________________________________ Rcom-l mailing list Rcom-l@mailman.csd.univie.ac.at http://mailman.csd.univie.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/rcom-l More information (including a Wiki) at http://rcom.univie.ac.at
