Re: Output from PF to Excel XLS file in IFS

["Michael Naughton" <mnaughton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

midrange-l@midrange.com writes:
>Mike,
>
>True, very true, anything that can be done in Excel VBA can be done in VB.
>But can it be done if Excel is not installed where the VB program is
>running?  Don't you need Excel DLL's or something?  I'm wondering here; I
>don't know.  I would think that if you didn't need Excel installed
>locally,
>you could theoretically write your own version of Excel.  Maybe MS figures
>no one will bother ;-)

You do need to add MS Excel Object Library (there are different versions
of this, corresponding to the different versions of Excel, I think) to the
"References" in your VB Project, so your program knows what you're talking
about when you refer to the Excel pieces. But if you compile the VB as an
.EXE I'm not sure you also need Excel to be installed on the system where
the VB program is running (you're not actualy running Excel, as I
understand it, you're manipulating an Excel object using the VB program).
>
>
>And are you suggesting that the 400 itself can run the VB program, or that
>I map a drive through NetServer and have a PC actually run the VB program?
>Remember, no PC allowed in the mix.

I was suggesting that the 400  _might_ be able to run the VB program
directly off the IFS, but that's totally a guess on my part. I just
figured it's worth a try given the requirements of your situation. I'd be
really curious to know if that worked - it seems as if it would open up
some interesting possibilities. But it sounds as if you may have found a
better (in the sense of "easier and quicker" solution with the kemetech
product. . . .
>
>
>Mike E.


Mike Naughton
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