(D)COM server 2.5.0 does not work with R 2.8.0 because the inner workings of R have been changed. We already have a beta version of (D)COM server 3.0 working with R 2.8.0, and Thomas already posted to the list where to get it.
Murray Eisenberg wrote: > The setting for the Excel R Server was Background. When I set it to > Foreground, I could indeed start R from the Check Server button in the R > Server dialog. > > So what is the role of (D)COM to be? Do I have to wait until some one > or more of the various components -- (D)COM itself, rscproxy, rcom, > RExcel, perhaps even base R -- gets something fixed? > > Erich Neuwirth wrote: >> Check if your server is set to foreground server in Excel: >> RExcel -> Set R server >> In this dialog box you also can check if you can connect to the >> foreground (rcom) or background ((D)COM) server. >> >> The foreground server does not need the (D)COM server. >> It needs rcom and rscproxy. >> >> A minimalistic version of getting something that works is >> >> Unistall any previous version of the (D)COM server from the control >> panel. >> >> Install R >> Install the packages rscproxy, rcom, and RExcelInstaller >> >> then run the following commands >> >> library(rcom) >> comRegisterRegistry() >> library(RExcelInstaller) >> installRExcel() >> >> >> After that, RExcel should work. >> >> >> >> Prokaj Vilmos wrote: >>> The latest rscproxy is 1.0-12. 1.0-11 is buggy. Wait for the compiled >>> binary or compile yourself from sources. I could download this morning >>> the source of the new version from the austrian mirror of CRAN. >>> >>> >>> >>> Murray Eisenberg írta: >>>> I have R 2.8.0. In its library I have the latest rcom (2.0.4) and >>>> rscproxy (1.0.11) from CRAN (as of 15 minutes ago). I installed the >>>> latest RExcelInstaller (3.0.5), and I still have the recently >>>> installed DCOM from R_Scilab_DCOM3.0-1B1beta.exe >>>> >>>> When I start R it tells me that rcom and rscproxy are required >>>> packages that have been loaded. Just to make sure, I executed: >>>> >>>> library(rcom) >>>> comRegisterRegistry() >>>> >>>> Still, when I I try "Server 01- Basic Test," I get a pop-up >>>> "StatConnector Test" window. If I click the Start R button, I see: >>>> >>>> Loading StatConnector Server... Done >>>> Initializing R...Function call failed >>>> Code: -2147221485 >>>> Text: installation problem: unable to load connector >>>> >>>> and I get a separate "Test1" pop-up saying "Method '~' of object '~' >>>> failed. >>>> >>>> And still if, from Excel's RExcel menu item I select R Start, I get a >>>> pop-up saying: Could not start RServer. >>>> >>>> What's going on here? >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.175 / Virus >>> Database: 270.8.5/1755 - Release Date: 10/29/2008 5:27 PM >>> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.175 / Virus Database: 270.8.5/1755 - Release Date: 10/29/2008 > 5:27 PM > -- Erich Neuwirth, University of Vienna Faculty of Computer Science Computer Supported Didactics Working Group Visit our SunSITE at http://sunsite.univie.ac.at Phone: +43-1-4277-39464 Fax: +43-1-4277-39459 _______________________________________________ Rcom-l mailing list Rcom-l@mailman.csd.univie.ac.at http://mailman.csd.univie.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/rcom-l More information (including a Wiki) at http://rcom.univie.ac.at
