[Rd] odbcConnectExcel on non-Windows?
Hello: What should I do regarding code to write an Excel file in a non-Windows platform? The sos package [new version of RSiteSearch] on R-Forge includes writeFindFn2xls, which starts with require(RODBC). The next line calls odbcConnectExcel. This works under Windows but fails under Linux and MacOS. What would you suggest we do about this? It currently tests (.Platform$OS.type == windows); if(FALSE), it issues an error, saying that it only works under Windows. Also, the help page skips those tests if the the platform is not Windows. If there is a better way to handle this, I would like to know. Thanks, Spencer __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
Re: [Rd] odbcConnectExcel on non-Windows?
On 9 August 2009 at 12:04, spencerg wrote: | What should I do regarding code to write an Excel file in a | non-Windows platform? [...] | What would you suggest we do about this? [...] | If there is a better way to handle this, I would like to know. http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/WriteXLS/index.html Portable (in the sense of used by Perl, Python, ... or other scripting engines) solutions have existed for a dozen years. We have a wrapper to Perl code for a long time too (having been of the initial discussions that lead to Greg's initial read.xls from the gdata package). Dirk -- Three out of two people have difficulties with fractions. __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
Re: [Rd] odbcConnectExcel on non-Windows?
Instead of writing out an xls file you could write out a file in any format that Excel can read, e.g. csv, with a suitable renaming of your function. On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 1:04 PM, spencergspencer.gra...@prodsyse.com wrote: Hello: What should I do regarding code to write an Excel file in a non-Windows platform? The sos package [new version of RSiteSearch] on R-Forge includes writeFindFn2xls, which starts with require(RODBC). The next line calls odbcConnectExcel. This works under Windows but fails under Linux and MacOS. What would you suggest we do about this? It currently tests (.Platform$OS.type == windows); if(FALSE), it issues an error, saying that it only works under Windows. Also, the help page skips those tests if the the platform is not Windows. If there is a better way to handle this, I would like to know. Thanks, Spencer __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
Re: [Rd] odbcConnectExcel on non-Windows?
Dear Marc: In spite of your efforts to help me, I still get an F in your WriteXLS class. Consider the following: library(WriteXLS) help(pac=WriteXLS) testPerl() Perl found. The following Perl modules were not found on this system: Text::CSV_XS If you have more than one Perl installation, be sure the correct one was used here. Otherwise, please install the missing modules. See the package INSTALL file for more information. ## Might it be feasible to include the required Perl modules with the WriteXLS package? Then you would not have to rely on fools like me not knowing how to get the preferred copy of any required Perl modules. On my Windows platform (Vista), I got RODBC to work for writeFindFn2xls in the sos package. Unfortunately, the daily checks on R-Forge failed on non-Windows platforms. When I saw that, I asked R-Devel for help. Dirk suggested I try WriteXLS; see below. What do you suggest? If I don't hear an answer, I propose to NOT add WriteXLS to the DESCRIPTION file but rather to modify the code for writeFindFn2xls so that on non-Windows platforms, it tests to see if WriteXLS is installed. If no, it will issue an appropriate error message. If it finds WriteXLS, it will try to use it. However, if you have other suggestions, I'd be pleased to hear them. Best Wishes, Spencer Graves sessionInfo() R version 2.9.1 (2009-06-26) i386-pc-mingw32 locale: LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252;LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252;LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252;LC_NUMERIC=C;LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 attached base packages: [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base other attached packages: [1] sos_1.0-5 brew_1.0-3 WriteXLS_1.8.1 ### Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: On 9 August 2009 at 12:04, spencerg wrote: | What should I do regarding code to write an Excel file in a | non-Windows platform? [...] | What would you suggest we do about this? [...] | If there is a better way to handle this, I would like to know. http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/WriteXLS/index.html Portable (in the sense of used by Perl, Python, ... or other scripting engines) solutions have existed for a dozen years. We have a wrapper to Perl code for a long time too (having been of the initial discussions that lead to Greg's initial read.xls from the gdata package). Dirk __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
Re: [Rd] odbcConnectExcel on non-Windows?
Dear Gabor: Good suggestion. I will probably do that if WriteXLS is not installed or if it is but testPerl() is FALSE. Thanks, Spencer Gabor Grothendieck wrote: Instead of writing out an xls file you could write out a file in any format that Excel can read, e.g. csv, with a suitable renaming of your function. On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 1:04 PM, spencergspencer.gra...@prodsyse.com wrote: Hello: What should I do regarding code to write an Excel file in a non-Windows platform? The sos package [new version of RSiteSearch] on R-Forge includes writeFindFn2xls, which starts with require(RODBC). The next line calls odbcConnectExcel. This works under Windows but fails under Linux and MacOS. What would you suggest we do about this? It currently tests (.Platform$OS.type == windows); if(FALSE), it issues an error, saying that it only works under Windows. Also, the help page skips those tests if the the platform is not Windows. If there is a better way to handle this, I would like to know. Thanks, Spencer __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel __ R-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel
