Make program call for Excel SUBSTITUTE

[DanInPhilly]

(Sorry in advance if my terminonlogy is wrong, I'm not a tech guy)

I use a software ('aremos') that will occasionally send data into an Excel spreadsheet. It must actually start Excel in order to do this. Well, I don't have Excel on my new XP computer, but I did install OpenOffice which has a good Excel substitute ("Calc").

I want my software to interact with Calc rather than Excel. Right now it doesn't do that; when it calls for Excel, it doesn't find it and gives an error message. So: Can I change this so it will open Calc and use it, instead of excel?

TIA, -Dan

 

[BrownTown]

Can't you just change the file type association to open office?

 

[CycloWizard]

I'd recommend posting this in the Programming Forum. You'll get more views and a better chance of getting a good answer. I have no idea.

 

[DanInPhilly]

Originally posted by: BrownTown
Can't you just change the file type association to open office?

Unfortunately no. The software is not a spreadsheet program (it actually does databanking and econometrics). It only interacts with Excel in order to open a file and import the data.

Originally posted by: CycloWizard
I'd recommend posting this in the Programming Forum. You'll get more views and a better chance of getting a good answer. I have no idea.

Good idea, I'll do that.

locked - DrPizza (anticipating that the OP posted it in the correct forum, else I'd have moved the thread.)