Re: [R] Physically open Excel file from R
Try shell('\"file.xls\"') where 'file.xls' is the excel filename. The escaped quotes (\") are not strictly necessary if the filename contains no spaces, but they are essential if it does. >>> Sergey Goriatchev 08/02/2010 12:48:20 >>> Hello, everyone I wonder if it is possible to PHYSICALLY open an Excel file from R. The reason I ask is, I produce regularly an Excel file in R, and then I want to make it look good, so I have a VBA routine in another Excel file that works on the regular Excel file. This formatting file executes VBA code on open, so all I need to do is physically open it (no reading/writing at all). I wonder if that can be done from R, so that I do as little as possible manually. Thanks in advance for help! Regards, Sergey -- Simplicity is the last step of art./Bruce Lee Kniven skärpes bara mot stenen. __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. *** This email and any attachments are confidential. Any use...{{dropped:8}} __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] Physically open Excel file from R
Dear Uwe, Worked as a charm! :-) Thank you kindly. Now, after I've run the VBA with shell.exec(), and closed the formater and the formatted file, I still have Excel shell (=Excel with no files open) open. Is it possible to close it from R as well? Best, Sergey 2010/2/8 Uwe Ligges : > > > On 08.02.2010 13:48, Sergey Goriatchev wrote: >> >> Hello, everyone >> >> I wonder if it is possible to PHYSICALLY open an Excel file from R. >> The reason I ask is, I produce regularly an Excel file in R, and then >> I want to make it look good, so I have a VBA routine in another Excel >> file that works on the regular Excel file. >> This formatting file executes VBA code on open, so all I need to do is >> physically open it (no reading/writing at all). I wonder if that can >> be done from R, so that I do as little as possible manually. > > > If you are under Windows and Excel is installed properly, > > shell.exec("filename") > > should do the trick. > > Uwe Ligges > > >> Thanks in advance for help! >> Regards, >> Sergey >> -- >> Simplicity is the last step of art./Bruce Lee >> >> Kniven skärpes bara mot stenen. >> >> __ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Simplicity is the last step of art./Bruce Lee The more you know, the more you know you don't know. /Myself I'm not young enough to know everything. /Oscar Wilde Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing. /Oscar Wilde When you are finished changing, you're finished. /Benjamin Franklin Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. /George Patten Kniven skärpes bara mot stenen. __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Re: [R] Physically open Excel file from R
On 08.02.2010 13:48, Sergey Goriatchev wrote: Hello, everyone I wonder if it is possible to PHYSICALLY open an Excel file from R. The reason I ask is, I produce regularly an Excel file in R, and then I want to make it look good, so I have a VBA routine in another Excel file that works on the regular Excel file. This formatting file executes VBA code on open, so all I need to do is physically open it (no reading/writing at all). I wonder if that can be done from R, so that I do as little as possible manually. If you are under Windows and Excel is installed properly, shell.exec("filename") should do the trick. Uwe Ligges Thanks in advance for help! Regards, Sergey -- Simplicity is the last step of art./Bruce Lee Kniven skärpes bara mot stenen. __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
[R] Physically open Excel file from R
Hello, everyone I wonder if it is possible to PHYSICALLY open an Excel file from R. The reason I ask is, I produce regularly an Excel file in R, and then I want to make it look good, so I have a VBA routine in another Excel file that works on the regular Excel file. This formatting file executes VBA code on open, so all I need to do is physically open it (no reading/writing at all). I wonder if that can be done from R, so that I do as little as possible manually. Thanks in advance for help! Regards, Sergey -- Simplicity is the last step of art./Bruce Lee Kniven skärpes bara mot stenen. __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.