You are right. With R 2.8.0 you need the new (D)COM server, available from CRAN in (or your favorite CRAN site). http://cran.at.r-project.org/contrib/extra/dcom/ Please have a look at the license, it has changes and is not GPL or LGPL any more.
Felipe Carrillo wrote: > I am trying to run it from an excel macro. R runs fine and executes the > script on foreground but if I switch to background then R isn't available. I > get the message error saying "There seems to be no R process connected to > Excel". I didn't have any problems to run R on foreground with the old > version of "RSrv250_pl1.exe" but this old version doesn't seem to work with R > 2.8. > > > > --- On Mon, 12/1/08, Thomas Baier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> From: Thomas Baier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [Rcom-l] Background server doesn't work >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "R (D)COM and RExcel server related issues" >> <rcom-l@mailman.csd.univie.ac.at> >> Date: Monday, December 1, 2008, 12:53 PM >> Felipe, >> >> Felipe Carrillo schrieb: >>> Hi: >>> I just downloaded the new version >> R_Scilab_DCOM3.0-1B5.exe and followed the instructions: >>> "After installation of Scilab, and R/Scilab >> (D)COM Server, please copy sciproxy.dll from the >> "Scilab" folder of the R/Scilab (D)COM Server >> installation directory to the "bin" folder of the >> Scilab installation directory". >>> But R keeps poping up on the forground. I do have the >> rcom package. the rcom packages gets loaded when R starts. >> Any hints? >> >> Please clarify what you mean with "R keeps popping up >> on the foreground". Which application did you start >> that uses R (foreground)? >> >> Thomas > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > -- 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