Equivalant of OLE automation on mac

[RAHUL]

Hi,

Is there any equivalant of OLE automation on MAC, so that I can invoke
microsoft office application from within another applications e.g.
open an embedded (in our application document format) excel sheet for
editing with excel and.

Regards

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Hi,

Is there any equivalant of OLE automation on MAC, so that I can invoke
microsoft office application from within another applications e.g.
open an embedded (in our application document format) excel sheet for
editing with excel and.

Regards

What version of Office are you asking about? This may be possible in Apple
Script, depending on what you are trying to do. It also may be possible
using the old XLM macro language for both Office 2004 and 2008.

 

[CyberTaz]

Also answered elsewhere... Please don't multiple post the same question in
different groups.

 

[RAHUL]

What version of Office are you asking about? This may be possible in Apple
Script, depending on what you are trying to do. It also may be possible
using the old XLM macro language for both Office 2004 and 2008.

Hi Bob,

I want to open an excel sheet and edit it in a C++ program, same thing
I need to do with PowerPoint ppt's, I am using office 2003 and 2007.
On windows I could use COM (CLSIDFromProgID methods etc.). But am not
finding anything equivalant for MAC platform.
Can I use applescript from within a C++ program to create slides and
edit them in my C++ program
..
Thanks & Regards
Rahul

 

[Bob Greenblatt]

Hi Bob,

I want to open an excel sheet and edit it in a C++ program, same thing
I need to do with PowerPoint ppt's, I am using office 2003 and 2007.
On windows I could use COM (CLSIDFromProgID methods etc.). But am not
finding anything equivalant for MAC platform.
Can I use applescript from within a C++ program to create slides and
edit them in my C++ program
.

Thanks & Regards
Rahul

Sorry, I can't help you here. I do not know whether the Excel or PP
interface is exposed to C++ code, or where (or even if) it is documented.
I'm just pretty sure that what ever works with Windows will not work on the
Mac. My suggestion was to use AppleScript exclusively to do all the slide
generation and manipulation. You could fire the script with your C++
program.