Fantastic! If you keep looking at the bottom of the page, there is a link to a VFP example. Just copy-paste it into a prg and it works !!!
Thank you very much Andrew. And thank you too, Tracy for those constants. Profox rocks!! Rafael Copquin ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Stirling" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:34 PM Subject: Re: vfp 9 and automation (with Open Office) > Rafael > Not automation but a link that might help > > http://www.oooforum.org/forum/viewtopic.phtml?p=28389#28389 > > Andrew Stirling > 01250 874580 > http://www.calcpay.co.uk > HMRC Accredited UK payroll program > > > Rafael Copquin wrote: >> A client of mine just installed OpenOffice in all the XP Professional >> machines of his LAN. >> >> The VFP 9 exe resides in the W2003K server and works properly. However, I >> recently added the ability to use automation to show Excel sheets. >> But this requires all user machines to have their own copy of Excel. >> >> Now my client is short of cash and does not want to invest in Excel, >> because he found that OpenOffice serves perfectly well his word >> processing and electronic sheets needs. >> >> a) is it possible to use VFP9 automation to open a Open Office object, >> just like one does with Excel, and send the sheets to that object? >> >> b) if so, what is the code to do it? >> >> TIA >> >> Rafael Copquin >> >> >> --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- >> multipart/alternative >> text/plain (text body -- kept) >> text/html >> --- >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/fdd3bcfa749b4ec6bbb4acbeb9d4b...@rafael ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
