[cw-discuss] CrossOver support for .NET

[Jeremy White]

Ah, that helps.  Several other folks have successfully run such
scripting applications, but I believe those were mostly in either C
or in VB.  That is, the challenge is to not only run Microsoft Office,
but also to run your custom application.  And custom applications
built in .NET are not yet working...

Cheers,

Jeremy

Timothy wrote:
> Specifically, I'm talking about generating Excel spreadsheets 
> programatically, not manually, with a data file and an external program. 
> I do that now on Windows with VB, but I've also used C# .NET on Windows 
> for opening Outlook, opening email, deleting email, etc. for testing 
> purposes, all under program control, so I know that C# .NET would work 
> to generate spreadsheets ... on Windows. So far, I've not been 
> successful getting my VB scripts (developed on Windows) to run under 
> CrossOver, which would be useful, too.
> 
> Currently, I've been experimenting with Jexelapi, but not all Excel 
> functionality is supported, including functionality I need. I've also 
> not have much luck with PyWin32 on CrossOver. So, bottom line, if you're 
> getting .NET working on CrossOver, there may be hope for programmatic 
> Excel spreadsheet generation.
> 
> --Tim
> 
> Jeremy White wrote:
>> Timothy wrote:
>>   
>>> Will .NET under CrossOver support Office automation? --Tim
>>>     
>> I'm not sure I know what you mean.  Are you talking about running
>> VB .NET or C# applications from Office?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jeremy
>>   
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