Re: [Rcom-l] Installing RExcel 3.0.1 and Visual Basic 400 error

2008-08-12 Thread Andrew McLachlan
Thank you Thomas. After the RExcelInstaller had successfully downloaded, I wasn't quite sure what to do next. However, after typing "library(RExcelInstaller)" further instructions were shown which made the installation easy to do. I just had to type "RExcelInstall()". Cheers, Andrew Mc >>> Thom

Re: [Rcom-l] Installing RExcel 3.0.1 and Visual Basic 400 error

2008-08-12 Thread Thomas Baier
Andrew, Andrew McLachlan schrieb: Secondly, I am not sure how to use RExcelInstaller on CRAN. I have downloaded and extracted RExcelInstaller_3.0-1.zip from my nearest CRAN mirror, but cannot see how I am supposed to use the contents of the archive. Is it somehow used from within R? you should

Re: [Rcom-l] Installing RExcel 3.0.1 and Visual Basic 400 error

2008-08-11 Thread Andrew McLachlan
Hi Eric Firstly, I am using Excel2007 (SP1) on WindowsXP. Secondly, I am not sure how to use RExcelInstaller on CRAN. I have downloaded and extracted RExcelInstaller_3.0-1.zip from my nearest CRAN mirror, but cannot see how I am supposed to use the contents of the archive. Is it somehow used fro

Re: [Rcom-l] Installing RExcel 3.0.1 and Visual Basic 400 error

2008-08-11 Thread Erich Neuwirth
I have never seen this. Please tell us Windows and Excel versions. By the way: The right way to install is using the package RExcelInstaller on CRAN On Aug 10, 2008, at 10:50 PM, Andrew McLachlan wrote: Hi All I have just downloaded the latest version of RExcel. http://rcom.univie.ac.at/downlo

[Rcom-l] Installing RExcel 3.0.1 and Visual Basic 400 error

2008-08-10 Thread Andrew McLachlan
Hi All I have just downloaded the latest version of RExcel. http://rcom.univie.ac.at/download/RExcel.distro/RExcelInst3.0.1.exe When I ran this file, RExcel appeared to install, but a message box popped up: The title of the messagebox was "Microsoft Visual Basic" The content was just the number "