G'day. Thanks Jonathan. I'll see what modifications can be done with DesktopGarp.
Cheers, Shiva. On Tue, 01 Feb 2005 12:34:29 +1100, Jonathon Coombes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2005-01-30 at 12:50 -0600, sivakumar mohandass wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I am running a programme called DesktopGarp (a simulation programme) > > that takes input data in the form of .xls or .txt files. I created a > > data file in OO 1.1.4 with file name extension .xls and tried inputing > > this into DesktopGarp. However, DesktopGarp does not like this form of > > .xls and says, > > This is not a problem with the .xls file. > > > Error 429. ActiveX Component Can't Create Object. > > Source: DesktopGarp. > > Context: 1000429. > > DLL Error: 0. > > > > Same happens with .txt extension. > > Yes, and any other file you want to pass it. > The error here is about ActiveX Components not being able to create > objects. My guess is your program takes the .xls/.txt file and then > generates a table and/or chart of the data. It appears to do this > by calling MS Office with ActiveX. OpenOffice.org could be called, > but the DesktopGarp people need to program this feature into their > product. > > > Interestingly, when I installed M$ Office 2003, everything seems to > > work just as fine. > > That is because DesktopGarp is now able to communicate with MS Office > and run the parts it needs. > > > I have neither a clue what this is nor how to go about fixing this. It > > is a shame I am being forced into buying a M$ Excel software for > > running some totally unrelated software, purely for scientific > > purposes! > > You cannot fix it, except by writing to DesktopGarp producers and > ask that they make it compatible with OpenOffice.org. > > Regards > Jonathon > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
