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Re: Reading Excel written .dll files into IDL [message #56081] Wed, 26 September 2007 12:39
R.G.Stockwell is currently offline  R.G.Stockwell
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<diane.paulson@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I was given a .dll file written for use with Excel spreadsheets. At
> this point, a colleague said she just exports IDL-read data into an
> Excel spreadsheet, performs the necessary algorithims (hidden in
> the .dll file) and then exports the information back into IDL. This
> seems a cumbersome way of doing things. I found .pro files for reading/
> writing excel spreadsheets. Instead of calling Excel from IDL, I was
> wondering if anyone might know a way for IDL to carryout the
> procedures within the .dll file itself so I don't have to go back and
> forth. Thank you!
>

look into call_external to execute routines in a dll.


Cheers,
bob
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