Re: [Dev-C++] EXCEL files as a datasource

[Per W. <pw...@ia...>]

That's the 'talk with a running Excel application' alternative below, but
it's still a lot of work.

/Per W

On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Charles Kerr wrote:

> Why wouldnt' one talk to excel using COM ?
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Per Westermark" <pw...@ia...>
> To: "Louis Godio" <lg...@ya...>
> Cc: "DEVCppUsers" <dev...@li...>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 6:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Dev-C++] EXCEL files as a datasource
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> > Bad idea. Definitely complex.
> >
> > If you really, really, really have to, you can communicate with a running
> > Excel application and send/receive data, but it isn't easy. And trying to
> > read and/or write *.xls files are not something you want.
> >
> > If you need to share data between Excel and your program, it's easier  to
> > let Excel access the data from an alternative source.
> >
> > Export/import of comma-separated text files, storing data in an Access
> > database etc.
> >
> > /Per W
> >
> > On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Louis Godio wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I trying to use DEV C++ (and the built-in compiler of course) to access
> > > MS  EXCEL files. The basic idea is to use an  EXCEL file as a data
> source
> > > for my C++ code.
> > >
> > > Any one have any ideas or experience on this matter ? Is it an easy or
> > > complex thing to do ?
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated
> > >
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