[R] RExcel

[Erich Neuwirth]

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On 4/12/2011 1:04 AM, array chip wrote:
> Yes, I did, and no error message. And comRegisterRegistry() returns NULL, not 
> sure if that matters
> 
> John
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> Subject: Re: [R] RExcel
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> It is asking the obvious, but did you run the commands from the rcom 
> package after installation (see inline ***s)?
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> r-help-bounces at r-project.org wrote on 04/11/2011 02:08:02 PM:
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>> [R] RExcel
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>> array chip 
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>> to:
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>> r-help
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>> 04/11/2011 02:12 PM
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>> Sent by:
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>> r-help-bounces at r-project.org
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>> Hi, I am installing Excel using package "RExcelInstaller". When I 
>> tried to run 
>>
>> installRExcel()
>>
>> I got this error message:
>>
>> You don not have the R package rcom installed.
>> The (D)COM server installed which will aloow you to use the 
>> background server in 
>> RExcel.
>> Since rcom is not installed, foreground mode will be unavailable.
>>
>> You may continue with the installation, but in most circumstances 
>> you probably 
>> should cancel current installation, install the package rcom properly 
> (do not 
>> forget to run the commands
> ************************************
>>   library(rcom)
>>   comRegisterRegistry()
> ************************************
>> immediately after installation)
>> and after that run this installer once again
>>
>>
>> But rcom package was installed without any problem, somehow the 
>> installer keeps 
>> saying that rcom is not installed.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> John
>>
>>> sessionInfo()
>> R version 2.12.2 (2011-02-25)
>> Platform: i386-pc-mingw32/i386 (32-bit)
>>
>> locale:
>> [1] LC_COLLATE=English_United States.1252 
>> [2] LC_CTYPE=English_United States.1252 
>> [3] LC_MONETARY=English_United States.1252
>> [4] LC_NUMERIC=C 
>> [5] LC_TIME=English_United States.1252 
>>
>> attached base packages:
>> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base 
>>
>> other attached packages:
>> [1] RExcelInstaller_3.1-13 rcom_2.2-3.1           rscproxy_1.3-1 
>>
>> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
>> [1] tools_2.12.2
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