My only conclusion is that the file located at D:\shiv.xls does not exist

I've tried the following with success (locally on my machine using C: drive)
-setting the file to readonly, readonly and hidden
-removed all file permissions (deny all)

sorry i couldn't help out

Basim

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 11:09 AM, Shiv <[email protected]> wrote:

> hi,
>
> d drive is not in network share, it is local drive of my machine
>
> shiv
>
> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Basim Baassiri <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> is the d drive that you are specifying a network share? also, does the
>> file exist with the correct spelling
>>
>> Basim
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:08 AM, Shiv <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, BUT i get same error, I changed the 2nd line to
>>>
>>> excel = WIN32OLE::new('excel.application')
>>> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 5:09 PM, SMF SMF <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Change 2nd line to as below-
>>>>
>>>> excel = WIN32OLE::new('excel.application')
>>>>
>>>>   On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Shiv <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>   Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I am trying to open a excel file and write data, but i m getting
>>>>> runtime error
>>>>>  I checked the path is correct
>>>>> new method works fine but open method throws error...can u pls help me
>>>>> figure out this problem
>>>>>
>>>>> *Code:*
>>>>> require 'win32ole'
>>>>> excel = WIN32OLE.new('excel.application')
>>>>> excel.visible = true
>>>>> excel.Workbooks.Open('D:\shiv.xls')
>>>>> excel.range('A1').value = 'Hello, world.'
>>>>> excel.Close
>>>>> excel.Quit
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *Error:*
>>>>> C:\Ruby\bin>ruby C:\Ruby_Scripts\Ex_open.rb
>>>>> C:/Ruby_Scripts/Ex_open.rb:6:in `method_missing': Open
>>>>> (WIN32OLERuntimeError)
>>>>>     OLE error code:800A03EC in Microsoft Office Excel
>>>>>       'D:\shiv.xls' could not be found. Check the spelling of the file
>>>>> name, and
>>>>>  verify that the file location is correct.
>>>>> If you are trying to open the file from your list of most recently used
>>>>> files, m
>>>>> ake sure that the file has not been renamed, moved, or deleted.
>>>>>     HRESULT error code:0x80020009
>>>>>       Exception occurred.
>>>>>         from C:/Ruby_Scripts/Ex_open.rb:6
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Shiv
>>>>>
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