From: Chris Hulbert Date: 2007-06-21T07:52:40+09:00 Subject: Re: Modifying an Excel file with Ruby Axel Etzold wrote: > the claim in the link I sent you was that they > do use Linux, rather than Windows, and still > got (some workaround access to) OLE to work .. > But I haven't tried this myself, so I wrote > "just a little googling" .... but I'd be interested > if you could post what solution you eventually go for. > > Best regards, > > Axel Cheers buddy, I must have switched off the moment i saw 'ole' in the URL. I had a read, and it appears he got it to work using WINE. Clever trick, and i guess you could do that if you owned the server yourself (or you had a *really* good virtual hosting package) but for my situation (using a typical rails host) it probably isn't going to help. Still, thanks for the pointer. -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.