Re: Excel DLLs (.xll) in Wine or Willows or Bochs or ...
On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 08:16:59AM -0300, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira wrote:
> Hi Debian users,
> my boss at work have to run a simulation into Excel that uses a DLL of Excel (.xll). The problem is that the simulation will take too long (about 7 years) and he couldn't put this kind of thing to run in Windowze because it could go into GPF and loss the entire simulation.
> He asked me if it's possible to run Excel into Linux and the simulation too. I thinked that Wine can do that? But I didn't play with Wine before because I am very happy with my Linux box (100% Microsoft free). But I'm curious. Is that possible with Wine?
> Can anyone give me some hints or share experiences?
> Have a nice day, Paulo Henrique
Well I have to ask...
what kind of simulation is this that takees 7 years and...
if it is such a serious simulation...why would he use excell?
could some other piece of software be more apropriate?
or is it it will just take 7 years IN excell...y know...like
balancing your checkbook :)
-Steve
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