Re: ADA Excel API

[Stephen Leake <stephen_leake@acm.org>]

tmoran@acm.org writes:

>>I have not done it, but GNATCOM can generate an Ada binding to the COM
>>interface to Excel.
>    Where might one find a .tlb file and an API description for the COM
> interface to Excel?

That I don't know. Try asking on the gnavi list; a while ago, someone
there reported interfacing to Microsoft Word via GNATCOM.

See http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnavi/ for the gnavi list.

Here's the specific link to that report:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=11390072

On the other hand, typing "word type library" into the search box at
www.microsoft.com leads to this page:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;143434

That says the type library was provided with Word 97. I have Word
2002; Msword*.olb is not on my disk. Searching for *.tlb and *.olb
turned up quite a bit of stuff, but nothing that looks like Word.

There is also lots of other information in the Microsoft search
results, but nothing that jumps up and says "here's the Word API".

This link looks like a good starting point:
 
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/152023/EN-US/

It may be that you have to buy an MS developer's license. 

Good luck!

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-- Stephe