Re:ssconvert - from gnumeric-list Digest, Vol 14, Issue 26

[Prof J C Nash <nashjc uottawa ca>]

I'd like to add to comments re: ssconvert.

I've found it useful for doing a number of things like converting 
between spreadsheet formats. Also in doing a large number of experiments 
on forecasting, I output 1 "row" of tab-delimited items per run to a 
file (I append to a text file, which is pretty easy in just about all 
applications), then use ssconvert to make an .xls file. (No flames 
please, my clients have clients who don't "get it" yet. Sigh.)

One complaint: I so far (in Win XP -- again, not by choice, as things 
run fine from wherever in Xandros Linux) seem to have to move files to 
the right C:\Program Files\gnumeric\bin\ directory
before running ssconvert because otherwise it cannot find the 
appropriate dll's. Does anyone know if ssconvert could be recompiled to 
include all the dll stuff? Or some other mechanism so it is in the PATH 
appropriately and can be run from any location?

Cheers, JN
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