On Jul 14, 2012, at 12:59 PM, <ricardo.julio.rodriguez.fernan...@sergas.es> wrote:
> Thanks, Ian! It seems like an impressive improvement providing a > comprehensive set of functions to interact with XLSX spreadsheets! > > But I'm afraid I'm missing something. Please, check this... > > ***** >> sessionInfo() > R version 2.15.1 (2012-06-22) > Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit) > > locale: > [1] en_GB.UTF-8/en_GB.UTF-8/en_GB.UTF-8/C/en_GB.UTF-8/en_GB.UTF-8 > > attached base packages: > [1] graphics grDevices utils datasets stats methods base > > other attached packages: > [1] XLConnectJars_0.1-4 rJava_0.9-3 foreign_0.8-50 You seem not to have loaded the XLConnect package properly. [I think it would be on this list] IIRC, it has some trouble on Mac (doesn't it not build for CRAN? See,e.g., http://www.R-project.org/nosvn/R.check/r-release-macosx-ix86/XLConnect-00check.htm I might suggest you take a look at Ian's other suggestion -- but I haven't used it so I can't attest to whether it works any better. Michael > > loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > [1] tools_2.15.1 >> wb <- loadWorkbook("XLConnect.xlsx", create = TRUE) > Error: could not find function "loadWorkbook" >> > ***** > > Please, do you know why am I not able to use loadWorkbook function? Other > functions like existsSheet() or extractSheetName(). Always same error: Error: > could not find function "concerned function". > > Thanks for your help! > > Ricardo > > ________________________________________ > From: Ian Fellows [ian.fell...@stat.ucla.edu] > Sent: 14 July 2012 19:21 > To: Rodriguez Fernandez, Ricardo Julio > Cc: r-sig-mac@r-project.org > Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Mac] installXLSXsupport() error > > much better support for Excel is available via the XLConnect and xlsx > packages. I would recommend that you give them a try. > > ian > > On Jul 14, 2012, at 9:15 AM, <ricardo.julio.rodriguez.fernan...@sergas.es> > wrote: > >> Hi! >> >> Until now I've survive exporting my spreadsheets to CSV files, but this >> process is a error-prone as it is by no means easy to keep track of updated >> releases. Some weeks ago a new thread here talked about reading XLSX files >> by using gdata(): it would be really great to be able to get this working >> here, but I'm running into some trouble. Gdata works fine to read XLS >> format, but I'm not able to get XLSX support. Please, check this outputs. >> First of all: sessionInfo()... >> >> ***** >>> sessionInfo() >> R version 2.15.1 (2012-06-22) >> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin9.8.0/x86_64 (64-bit) >> >> locale: >> [1] en_GB.UTF-8/en_GB.UTF-8/en_GB.UTF-8/C/en_GB.UTF-8/en_GB.UTF-8 >> >> attached base packages: >> [1] graphics grDevices utils datasets stats methods base >> >> other attached packages: >> [1] gdata_2.11.0 foreign_0.8-50 >> >> loaded via a namespace (and not attached): >> [1] gtools_2.7.0 >>> >>> library(gdata) >> gdata: read.xls support for 'XLS' (Excel 97-2004) files ENABLED. >> >> gdata: Unable to load perl libaries needed by read.xls() >> gdata: to support 'XLSX' (Excel 2007+) files. >> >> gdata: Run the function 'installXLSXsupport()' >> gdata: to automatically download and install the perl >> gdata: libaries needed to support Excel XLS and XLSX formats. >> >> Attaching package: âgdataâ >> >> The following object(s) are masked from âpackage:utilsâ: >> >> object.size >> >> The following object(s) are masked from âpackage:statsâ: >> >> nobs >> >>> xlsFormats() >> [1] "XLS" >>> installXLSXsupport(verbose=TRUE) >> Using perl at /usr/bin/perl >> >> Attempting to automaticall install Perl libraries to support XLSX (Excel >> 2007+) file format... >> >> Results: >> Using perl at /usr/bin/perl >> >> Determining supported formats... >> >> Results: Supported formats: XLS >> Error in installXLSXsupport(verbose = TRUE) : >> Unable to install Perl XLSX support libraries. >> >> In addition: Warning message: >> running command ''/usr/bin/perl' >> '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.15/Resources/library/gdata/perl/install_modules.pl'' >> had status 22 >> Can't locate object method "load" via package "CPAN::HandleConfig" (perhaps >> you forgot to load "CPAN::HandleConfig"?) at >> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.15/Resources/library/gdata/perl/module_tools.pl >> line 89. >>> >> >> >> Error in installXLSXsupport(verbose = TRUE) : >> Unable to install Perl XLSX support libraries. >> >> In addition: Warning message: >> running command ''/usr/bin/perl' >> '/Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.15/Resources/library/gdata/perl/install_modules.pl'' >> had status 22 >> Can't locate object method "load" via package "CPAN::HandleConfig" (perhaps >> you forgot to load "CPAN::HandleConfig"?) at >> /Library/Frameworks/R.framework/Versions/2.15/Resources/library/gdata/perl/module_tools.pl >> line 89. >> ***** >> >> I've read ?installXLSXsupport and I think I've correctly installed >> Compress::Raw::Zlib and Spreadsheet::XLSX from terminal (by using sudo perl >> -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::Name'). I've even tried with a different Perl >> flavour, ActivePerl, but got a different set of errors. I'm afraid I'll make >> my installation an awfull mess if I keep trying to get an answer on my own! >> Please, could you help me? Do you know where am I wrong? How could I get >> XLSX support working in my MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.5.8? >> >> Thank you so much for your help, >> >> Ricardo >> >> -- >> Ricardo RodrÃguez >> Research Management and Promotion Technician >> Technical Secretariat >> Health Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela (IDIS) >> http://www.idisantiago.es >> >> Nota: A información contida nesta mensaxe e os seus posibles documentos >> adxuntos é privada e confidencial e está dirixida únicamente ó seu >> destinatario/a. Se vostede non é o/a destinatario/a orixinal desta mensaxe, >> por favor elimÃnea. 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