[R] RExcel

Benjamin Ward
Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:40:22 -0000

Hello-

I am a Graduate Assistant for an instructor who has written programs for
statistics calculations such as binomial distributions and regressions.

The programs had worked with no problem in Excel 2003. Now we are trying to
use it with Excel 2007, and we are having some trouble.

I have downloaded RandFriends and have ran the binomial distribution
process in 2007 Excel and have received an error that says: "Compile error
in hidden module: UFDBinomial"

However, ther are two demo excel files in the RExcel file called RdemoDens.
When I open the first RDemoDens excel file, I can run the processes and they
work fine. When I run the second RDemoDens excel file, or a blank excel 2007
file, the processes do not work and I get the error message.

I am trying to figure out what is different about the first RDemoDens excel
file that allows the calculations to process correctly. I am thinking that
something in the macro library in the demo must be different than what is in
a blank excel document. I just cannot seem to figure out what it is.

One thing that I did notice is that there are two different RExcel files in
the RExcel folder. One is labled "RExcel" and one is labed
"RExcel 2007."
What are the difference between these two RExcel files? I am not sure if
this has anything to do with the problem, but perhaps the excel demo in
which our calculations work uses the correct RExcel file while a regular
excel 2007 document does not call the correct one.

If anyone has an idea about what might be happening here, or who else I
could ask about the situation, I would appreciate any input.

Thanks,

Ben Ward

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