[R] R as a COM client - is it possible?

[ripley@stats.ox.ac.uk]

On Mon, 9 Dec 2002, [iso-8859-1] Søren Højsgaard wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> In S+, there are functions like
>
> 	create.ole.object
> 	call.ole.method
> 	release.ole.object
>
> for communicating with other programs which work as a COM server (on
> Windows).
>
> Is it possible to do something similar in R (I've studied the 'connections'
> facilities, but they do not seem to work).

They work!   But not to COM servers (a Windows-only concept).

There is a DCOM server for R on CRAN by Thomas Baier: I am not aware of a
COM/OLE client interface for R.  Perhaps some Windows user would like ot
contribute one.

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