Message-ID: <1243801392.28898.4.camel@yod>
Date: 2009-05-31T20:23:13Z
From: Emmanuel Charpentier
Subject: Can I Compile R with MS Access 2003 Developer Extensions?
In-Reply-To: <354794.32939.qm@web56602.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
Le dimanche 31 mai 2009 ? 12:08 -0700, Felipe Carrillo a ?crit :
> Hi:
> I have an application that uses MS Access as front end interacting
> with Excel,Word,Sigmaplot and R in the background. I use the programs
> to do different tasks but I mainly use R to create graphics on my
> Access forms without having to manually open R.
> To make this short, I was wondering if R can be compiled from Access
> using the Developer Extensions. I know that the MS office programs can
> be compiled with it but don't know if it can be done including R.
Somehow, I strongly doubt it : R compilation needs tools totally alien
to Microsoft's world vision.
However, ISTR that there exists some sort of R-WinWorld bridge. Have a
look here : http://cran.miroir-francais.fr/contrib/extra/dcom/
Note that I can't vouch for it myself : I didn't touch a Windows
computer for years...
HTH,
Emmanuel Charpentier