[R] Linking R script and a COM application

[Wolfgang Scherr]

Andrew,

thank you for your response. However, the Oregon Department of Transportation has taken the
decision to go with R for some particular applications. Seems, that they like the open code
idea. And I am only an employee of a small consultant, so I can hardly change their path.

Wolfgang


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ANDREW WARD [mailto:s195404 at student.uq.edu.au]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 3:28 AM
> To: wscherr at itc-world.com
> Subject: Re: [R] Linking R script and a COM application
>
>
> Wolfgang,
>
> While some of this may be possible in R, S-PLUS is much better at doing this
> sort of thing. I suspect that Windows connectivity is a low priority for the
> (volunteer) developers of R. The commercial publishers of S-PLUS, on the other
> hand, have the resources to do this. R code can usually be transferred fairly
> easily to S-PLUS, and the features you want are available and documented
> there. Is using S-PLUS an option?
>
> Regards,
>
> Andrew C. Ward
>
> CAPE Centre
> Department of Chemical Engineering
> The University of Queensland
> Brisbane Qld 4072 Australia
> andreww at cheque.uq.edu.au
>
>
> Quoting Wolfgang Scherr <wscherr at itc-world.com>:
>
> > I am new to R. I run it under MS Windows.
> >
> > My goal is to interface an existing R program (500 lines) with a commercial
> > software. That one
> > can be used as an OLE-Server. Ideally I would be able to reference and
> > control the R-program
> > and components of the other software out of one VBA program. To make it
> > easier, the R script
> > has no text or graphics output. I have downloaded
> > http://cran.r-project.org/contrib/extra/dcom/
> > but I do not understand:
> >
> > ?? what command do I use in VBA to run an existing COM script ??
> >
> > Can someone send me a sample of VB code?
> >
> > Wolfgang Scherr
> > Innovative Transportation Concepts, Inc.
> > 302-654-4384 phone
> > wscherr at itc-world.com
> >
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