All -- I'm pretty naive on licensing matters, so this is a question rather than a comment. But CBC from COIN-OR is not on a GPL license. Would using GLPK allow for simpler, more user friendly packaging and distribution of OpenSolver?
Jeff Sent from my iPad On Jul 12, 2010, at 12:47 PM, glpk xypron <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Larry, > >> There is a new add-on for Excel called OpenSolver. >> http://www.opensolver.org >> I was wondering if it is possible to make a GLPK add-on >> for Excel similar to this one. > > opensolver creates a cplex file, calls cbc.exe with the > cplex file and then parses the solution file created > by cbc.exe. > > Opensolver could be patched to use glpk.exe instead of > cbc.exe. > > Please, describe which benefit for the user you want > to create by using GLPK instead of CBC. > > For OpenOffice 3.0 a addon using lp_solve is available. > http://code.google.com/p/scsolver/ > > Best regards > > Xypron > > > > -- > GMX DSL: Internet-, Telefon- und Handy-Flat ab 19,99 EUR/mtl. > Bis zu 150 EUR Startguthaben inklusive! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/dsl > > _______________________________________________ > Help-glpk mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-glpk _______________________________________________ Help-glpk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-glpk
