Andrew, thank you for your response. However, the Oregon Department of Transportation has taken the decision to go with R for some particular applications. Seems, that they like the open code idea. And I am only an employee of a small consultant, so I can hardly change their path.
Wolfgang > -----Original Message----- > From: ANDREW WARD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 3:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [R] Linking R script and a COM application > > > Wolfgang, > > While some of this may be possible in R, S-PLUS is much better at doing this > sort of thing. I suspect that Windows connectivity is a low priority for the > (volunteer) developers of R. The commercial publishers of S-PLUS, on the other > hand, have the resources to do this. R code can usually be transferred fairly > easily to S-PLUS, and the features you want are available and documented > there. Is using S-PLUS an option? > > Regards, > > Andrew C. Ward > > CAPE Centre > Department of Chemical Engineering > The University of Queensland > Brisbane Qld 4072 Australia > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Quoting Wolfgang Scherr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I am new to R. I run it under MS Windows. > > > > My goal is to interface an existing R program (500 lines) with a commercial > > software. That one > > can be used as an OLE-Server. Ideally I would be able to reference and > > control the R-program > > and components of the other software out of one VBA program. To make it > > easier, the R script > > has no text or graphics output. I have downloaded > > http://cran.r-project.org/contrib/extra/dcom/ > > but I do not understand: > > > > ?? what command do I use in VBA to run an existing COM script ?? > > > > Can someone send me a sample of VB code? > > > > Wolfgang Scherr > > Innovative Transportation Concepts, Inc. > > 302-654-4384 phone > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ______________________________________________ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > > ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
