Scubarazor Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Hi to all, is possible to read/modify .xls file without Microsoft Excel installed on the machine ? Thanks in advantage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMitchell Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 You might be able to with OpenOffice Calc and its macros or COM interface...search around.Or if you're up to a little light reading... http://sc.openoffice.org/excelfileformat.pdf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scubarazor Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 I have to work on a locked workstation, i can't install OpenOffice. Alternatives ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMitchell Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 I have to work on a locked workstation, i can't install OpenOffice.Alternatives ?1) Yea, the light reading I mentioned. 2) Or maybe Google Docs? 3) Google "Openoffice portable" and see if you can get info on getting OpenOffice without the need for an installer (run on a USB stick, for instance)Sorry that's all I got! Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 PortableApps has versions of OpenOffice and other "Office" type programs that can be installed on a thumb drive that doesn't require anything saved to the computer. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 By the way, I just tried to get to the OpenOffice.org website, it appears that it is no longer available. Oracle it seems has pulled OpenOffice.org and is now selling it as OracleOpenOffice for a fee instead. Unless I'm reading the website wrong. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsaltyDS Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Hmm... This page says: We move to a new infrastructure starting Monday Feb 21. The site is in read-only mode for 4-5 days. more...I don't see any reference to "OracleOpenOffice" for a fee anywhere. Where did you get that?Anyway, the non-Oracle encumbered community that used to be at OpenOffice.org is now LibreOffice. Valuater's AutoIt 1-2-3, Class... Is now in Session!For those who want somebody to write the script for them: RentACoder"Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced." -- Geek's corollary to Clarke's law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 This is what I get when I try to access the http://www.openoffice.org/news/ URL.ERRORThe requested URL could not be retrieved--------------------------------------------------------------------------------While trying to retrieve the URL: http://www.openoffice.org/news/ The following error was encountered: •Access Denied. Access control configuration prevents your request from being allowed at this time. Please contact your service provider if you feel this is incorrect. Your cache administrator is root. Tried it on 2 different networks that I can connect to and get the same results.If I go to this link, http://www.oracle.com/us/products/applications/open-office/index.html I see a big BUY NOW button for Oracle Office. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PsaltyDS Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 (edited) Add the jump tag "/#move" to your URL and it should work.Oracle Office is not the same thing as OppenOffice.org. Sun made OpenOffice as a fork of StarOffice. StarOffice continued to have proprietary parts, while OpenOffice was completely Open Source. In a move Oracle probably intended to confuse the issue after buying Sun, Oracle's "Oracle Open Office" is a decendent of the StarOffice proprietary branch, not the OpenOffice Open Source branch. Avoid the foolishness and just go with LibreOffice. That's where all the decent developers from the Open Source branch of OpenOffice went anyway. Edited February 23, 2011 by PsaltyDS Valuater's AutoIt 1-2-3, Class... Is now in Session!For those who want somebody to write the script for them: RentACoder"Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced." -- Geek's corollary to Clarke's law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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