Excel Lib fail

Paul Dupuis paul at researchware.com
Sat Sep 3 07:56:24 EDT 2022


On 9/2/2022 10:50 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote:
> /sigh
> Got all excited about using the Excel Library for a new spreadsheet 
> project and then discovered it doesn't work on linux, *only* works 
> with actual Excel, not LibreOffice. Yes, I do realize it says "Excel" 
> and not "spreadsheet".
>
> So it's off to python to do my spreadsheet automation. Sheesh.
>

Are you looking to remote control LibreOffice? or just write a 
spreadsheet from Livecode. If writing a spreadhseet, consider Curry's 
SpreadOut library. It works great for creating .xlsx files in Livecode 
script.




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