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Re: XLSWrite
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Siep Kroonenberg |
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Re: XLSWrite |
Date: |
Fri, 15 Oct 2010 10:33:34 +0200 |
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Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) |
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 01:45:33PM -0700, Philip Nienhuis wrote:
>
>
> Allen.Windhorn-2 wrote:
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Philip Nienhuis [mailto:address@hidden
> >>> Creating file c:/test2.xls
> >>> Supported interfaces: Excel (COM) OK. warning: split is obsolete
> >>> and will be removed from a future version of Octave. Use strsplit
> >>> instead
> >>> Java/Apache (POI) OK. (& OOXML OK) Java/JExcelAPI (JXL) OK.
> >
> >> ...The write error might be related to the forward slash in the
> >> file name (you're running octave under windows, don't you?)
> >> ...
> >> Under windows you should use backslashes when accessing files
> >> (Excel.exe, which is magically invoked behind the scenes, wouldn't
> >> know what to do with forward slashes)...
> >
> > Apparently you have to use DOUBLE backslashes (to keep them from
> > being interpreted by Octave?) But forward slashes work fine for me.
>
> Forward or backward, in any amount, doesn't seem to matter....
>
> BTW please reply to list only, not to my private e-mail address.
Most components of Windows nowadays understand forward slashes, the
command-prompt being the only exception that I know of.
--
Siep Kroonenberg
XLSWrite, Ian Journeaux, 2010/10/14