[R] read password-protected files

[Henrique Dallazuanna]

Using RDCOMCliente:

library(RDCOMClient)
eApp <- COMCreate("Excel.Application")
wk <- eApp$Workbooks()$Open(Filename="your_file",Password="your_password")
tf <- tempfile()
wk$Sheets(1)$SaveAs(tf, 3)

DF <- read.table(sprintf("%s.txt", tf), header = TRUE, sep = "\t")

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Shi, Tao <shidaxia at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi Josh and Prof. Ripley,
>
> Thanks for the quick replies!
>
> Sorry about the HTML email.  It's the default for my yahoo account and forgot to
> switch.
>
> The question was asked by a colleague of mine.  After double-checking, yes, they
> are actually Excel files.  Any idea on how to approach this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> ...Tao
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk>
>
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Sent: Thu, March 31, 2011 11:15:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [R] read password-protected files
>
> On Thu, 31 Mar 2011, Shi, Tao wrote:
>
>> Hi list,
>>
>> I have a bunch of .csv files that are password-protected.  I wonder if there
> is
>
> There is nothing in the CSV standard about password protection.  I
> very much doubt that these actually CSV files.  So please follow the
> posting guide [*]
>
>> a way to read them in in R without manually removing the password protection
>>for
>> each file?
>>
> [[elided Yahoo spam]]
>>
>>
>> ...Tao
>>     [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>>
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> [*] as above: and as you sent HTML you are either full of contempt for
> the helpeRs or failed to do your homework.
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