Re: New Opcodes - %SETCELL

[Bob Larkin <blarkin@xxxxxx>]

John,
It is easy, and it already exists. Sort Of. Have Excell access the data via ODBC
in a Database in the QSYS file system! Then you can modify the columns as we
always have. I know it's not realy the way you want to do it, but just a 
thought.

Bob
John P Carr wrote:

> Hey Hans & Barb.
>
> How about some useful built-ins for things we can't do today?
>
> Like  being able to  update an Excel spread sheet's cells?
>
> If I have a .XLS Excel spread sheet on the IFS,   I would like to
> be able to read/update cells in it.     I was reading how easy it
> is to this in Lotus Script.    How about helping us with API's in
> conjunction with new built-in functions where I could read
> (say)  Column A of a spread sheet(maybe Part Number),
> and Update  Column C (maybe on-hand quantity).??
>
> Maybe a %GETCELL and %SETCELL ??
>
> We need some NEW functionality in addition to
> giving us numerous new ways of being able to
> do things we could already do.
>
> IFS Stream File affinity for example.
>
> Lotus Notes .NSF file support would be
> right up there also.  Reading/Updating it?
>
> It should be easy with the CF's in place Right?
>
> Just dreaming I guess.
>
> John Carr
>
>
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