Using COM in R language
com, ole, r
Solution
I can see a couple of potential problems here - rcom has a weird installation.
Did you load the package - that is, run `library(rcom)` after installing it? I know, I know - but I forget that step all the time, and it would definitely give you the "could not find function" error.
Did you run the `installstatconnDCOM()` command? I almost didn't notice it telling me to do this.
Problem
I am trying to get the rcom package for R working. It seems to have installed ok: ``` > install.packages("rcom"); --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session --- trying URL 'http://mira.sunsite.utk.edu/CRAN/bin/windows/contrib/2.9/rcom_2.2-1.zip' Content type 'application/zip' length 204632 bytes (199 Kb) opened URL downloaded 199 Kb package 'rcom' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked The downloaded packages are in C:\Users\solomon\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpzb5oi4\downloaded_packages updating HTML package descriptions ``` Then I try to run something: ``` >comCreateObject("Excel.Application"); Error: could not find function "comCreateObject" ``` What am I missing, the manual tells me that comCreateObject is the appropriate command. However, the manual's version is somewhat old. Anyone else have any insights?