cannot load excel

[kirke]

Hi, I want to load excel.
However, this simple code doesn't work. When I open this page, there's
nothign happen, not even 'unable to initiate excel" or othere error
message.
I have excel in server. Do you know why it doesn't work? Should I make
some special setting?
Thx.


<?php

$ex = new COM("excel.appl ication") or die("Unable to instantiate
excel");
echo "Loaded Word, version {$ex->Version} \n";

?>

[Tim Roberts]

Re: cannot load excel

"kirke" <hinkyeol@gmail .comwrote:

>
>Hi, I want to load excel.
>However, this simple code doesn't work. When I open this page, there's
>nothign happen, not even 'unable to initiate excel" or othere error
>message.
>I have excel in server. Do you know why it doesn't work? Should I make
>some special setting?

If that's all there is, then it's probably working fine. Instantiating
Excel as a COM object does not automatically make it visible. You might
try:
$ex = new COM("excel.appl ication");
$ex->Visible = 1;
--
Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

[kirke]

Re: cannot load excel

aha- i'll try it. Thx.

Tim Roberts wrote:

"kirke" <hinkyeol@gmail .comwrote:

Hi, I want to load excel.
However, this simple code doesn't work. When I open this page, there's
nothign happen, not even 'unable to initiate excel" or othere error
message.
I have excel in server. Do you know why it doesn't work? Should I make
some special setting?

>
If that's all there is, then it's probably working fine. Instantiating
Excel as a COM object does not automatically make it visible. You might
try:
$ex = new COM("excel.appl ication");
$ex->Visible = 1;
--
Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

[kirke]

Re: cannot load excel

I forgot one thing.
If I write code like following :

print "before";
$ex = new COM("excel.appl ication");
print "after" ;

only "before" is printed.
Isn't it bad sign?


kirke wrote:

aha- i'll try it. Thx.
>
Tim Roberts wrote:

"kirke" <hinkyeol@gmail .comwrote:

>
>Hi, I want to load excel.
>However, this simple code doesn't work. When I open this page, there's
>nothign happen, not even 'unable to initiate excel" or othere error
>message.
>I have excel in server. Do you know why it doesn't work? Should I make
>some special setting?

If that's all there is, then it's probably working fine. Instantiating
Excel as a COM object does not automatically make it visible. You might
try:
$ex = new COM("excel.appl ication");
$ex->Visible = 1;
--
Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

[Tim Roberts]

Re: cannot load excel

"kirke" <hinkyeol@gmail .comwrote:

>I forgot one thing.
>If I write code like following :
>
>print "before";
>$ex = new COM("excel.appl ication");
>print "after" ;
>
>only "before" is printed.
>Isn't it bad sign?

Could be. I'm not convinced that a service (Apache) is allowed to launch
an interactive application (Excel). What do you need Excel to do for you?
--
Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

[kirke]

Re: cannot load excel

what i want to do is dump the data into excel and run it(macro) and
save the file.

Tim Roberts wrote:

"kirke" <hinkyeol@gmail .comwrote:
>

I forgot one thing.
If I write code like following :

print "before";
$ex = new COM("excel.appl ication");
print "after" ;

only "before" is printed.
Isn't it bad sign?

>
Could be. I'm not convinced that a service (Apache) is allowed to launch
an interactive application (Excel). What do you need Excel to do for you?
--
Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

[Tim Roberts]

Re: cannot load excel

"kirke" <hinkyeol@gmail .comwrote:

>
>what i want to do is dump the data into excel and run it(macro) and
>save the file.

Well, as I said, I'm not convinced this is possible. Perhaps you can do
the computations yourself and write it out as a comma-separated file, which
can be opened in Excel just fine.
--
Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.