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Processing Microsoft Excel .xls files with Lisp Works

Dear Lisp-Hug,

I would like to process several hundred Microsoft Excel files (.xls) using 
Lisp Works.

It would be sufficient if I could open each file, select the appropriate 
worksheet, read the entire sheet into memory and then close the file, before 
proceeding to the next one.

Any help or advice would be gratefully received.

An example would be particularly appreciated.

Thanking you in advance.


Andrew Lyall



Re: Processing Microsoft Excel .xls files with Lisp Works

On Thu, 17 May 2007 19:53:15 +0000 (UTC), Andrew Lyall <andrew.lyall@ic4life.net> wrote:

> I would like to process several hundred Microsoft Excel files (.xls)
> using Lisp Works.
>
> It would be sufficient if I could open each file, select the
> appropriate worksheet, read the entire sheet into memory and then
> close the file, before proceeding to the next one.
>
> Any help or advice would be gratefully received.
>
> An example would be particularly appreciated.

That was recently discussed on comp.lang.lisp:

  http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/browse_frm/thread/488373990cbca9d1

An example with RDNZL can be found at the end of the examples section
here:

  http://weitz.de/rdnzl/#examples

HTH,
Edi.


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