R as COM client (rather than server)

It can be done.
But it is still in development and therefore not on CRAN. There is a 
library rcom which does exactly what you are asking for.

http://sunsite.univie.ac.at/rcom/

always has the latest version of the R COM package,
currently including the package for R as a client also.

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related to R and (D)COM
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DED (David George Edwards) wrote:

Hello all

Can R be used as a COM client (rather than as a COM server)? The 
following
(Splus) code shows the sort of thing I'd like to do:

	pMIM <- create.ole.object("mim31.Server")
	NoOutputLines <- call.ole.method(pMIM, "SendCmdLine", "show w") 
	for (i in 1:NoOutputLines) show(call.ole.method(pMIM,
"GetOutputLine"))
	release.ole.object(pMIM)
I've tried to look at the RDCOM documentation but could not figure 
out whether this can be done. Regards
David

David Edwards, Biostatistics,
Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsv?rd, Denmark.
DEd at novonordisk.com <mailto:DEd at novonordisk.com> 
Tlf: +45 44 42 62 35. Fax: +45 44 42 14 80


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