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Subject: Re: Output from PF to Excel XLS file in IFS
From: Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 13:15:41 -0600
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Did you mean, "use MS Excel in the first place"? At any rate, the appeal for me is, that a VB app is easily callable (yes, so is Excel, but much more resource-intensive), hence works with RUNRMTCMD just fine. It can run without a GUI. And it calls the Excel functions via OLE automation.

Cold greetings from the Star of the North

Vern

At 01:08 PM 2/10/03 -0500, you wrote:

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?

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