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He's mentioned a bunch of times that the use of a PC is VERBOTEN!!. Thanks, Mark Mark Walter Sr. Programmer/Analyst Hanover Wire Cloth a div of CCX, Inc. mwalter@hanoverwire.com http://www.hanoverwire.com 717.637.3795 Ext.3040 /"\ \ / X / \ "Booth Martin" <Booth@MartinVT.com> To: <midrange-l@midrange.com> Sent by: cc: midrange-l-bounces@mi Subject: Re: Output from PF to Excel XLS file in IFS drange.com 02/10/2003 01:08 PM Please respond to Midrange Systems Technical Discussion What is the appeal of locking into a Windows solution like VB? If you want MS Solutions wouldn't you be better off to just use MS in the first place? Mike E, VARPG will write directly to Excel spreadsheets on any drive on the LAN. It uses RPGIV. Heck, it will even open Excel on the user's desktop. --------------------------------------------------------- Booth Martin http://www.MartinVT.com Booth@MartinVT.com --------------------------------------------------------- -------Original Message------- From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion Date: Monday, February 10, 2003 12:26:48 To: midrange-l@midrange.com Subject: Re: Output from PF to Excel XLS file in IFS Anything you can do with a macro from inside an Excel workbook you can do from the outside using a VB program. I don't know if this could be done, but maybe you can write your file to the IFS and then invoke a VB program (also on the IFS) to do what you need? midrange-l@midrange.com writes: >1. No, I don't want macros in the spreadsheet in any way, shape or form. >2. I want this running on schedule, in batch, on an AS/400 / iSeries with >no human intervention and no PC. My boss won't allow it. > >Mike E. Mike Naughton Senior Programmer/Analyst Judd Wire, Inc. 124 Turnpike Road Turners Falls, MA 01376 413-863-4357 x444 mnaughton@juddwire.com_______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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