Some questions about R-(D)COM
I am writting to you because I have some questions about R-(D)COM. The first one is whether it can compiled using the MINGW C compiler, that is recomended by B. Ripley to compile R under Windows.
Um. rproxy.dll, the R side, *is* compiled under mingw. It's not clear to me why one would want to compile the StatConnector under mingw, but Thomas said he thought it may be possible. One issue is the quality of mingw headers. As Thomas (and I) have VC++6.0, it has not been an issue.
Brian is right. It is possible to compile the rproxy.dll (you even must do so) using the same compiler as R itself. The COM server requires VC++ 6.0
- Do you know about a free Visual Basic compiler?
No. There are learning editions free with various books, but they have limited compilation facilities. The Learning Edition sold here is definitely able to work with R-(D)COM, as my wife uses that one.
The learning editions should do fine. Another alternative would be to use VBScript instead, which ships (I think so) with IE4.0 and newer Windows versions. Thomas -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.- r-help mailing list -- Read http://www.ci.tuwien.ac.at/~hornik/R/R-FAQ.html Send "info", "help", or "[un]subscribe" (in the "body", not the subject !) To: r-help-request at stat.math.ethz.ch _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._