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- From: morita@kekvax.kek.ac.jp (Youhei Morita (KEK Computing Center))
- Subject: How to automate UNIX -> Mac/PC spreadsheet analysis?
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- Organization: KEK, Tsukuba, Japan
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- Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 04:10:50 GMT
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- Hi,
-
- I'm crossposting this question to several newsgroups since this
- one covers the several (possible) platforms...
-
- We take real-time data using some UNIX workstaions and/or VAX/VMS.
- Most of the data will be stored and analyzed afterwards, but we
- would like to review some part of data repeatedly using ready-made
- spreadsheet application(s) like Microsoft Excel.
-
- We know how to port data from UNIX/VAX to Mac/IBM-PC -- by
- means of "copy/paste" or sevefal types of file transfer/sharing
- mechanism. But we would like to automate the procedure of porting the
- data from UNIX to Mac/PC, creating cell macros, and generating a plot.
- It would even be nicer if one could make use of publish & subscribe
- feature of the Mac System 7.
-
- Now the question is, does anyone know how to achieve such an automated
- real-time spreadsheet analysis? Requirements/constraints are as
- follows:
-
- 1. Spreadsheet has to be a commercial-quality. (Excel 4.0 or
- equivalents.)
-
- 2. Price of the spreadsheet license has to be an order of the
- Excel on a Mac or a PC, or less.
-
- 3. Data is on UNIX (SUN/DECstation) or on VAX/VMS.
-
- 4. Data is updated every 10 seconds or so.
-
- 5. Size of the data to be analyzed on the spreadsheet will be
- several tens or hundreds of KByte.
-
- 6. A few series of plots have to be generated every 1 minutes
- based on the data using cell macros, hopefully by a single
- key-stroke or a mouse-click.
-
- 7. Spreadsheet analysis (worksheet) must be changed easily and
- interactively. (ie, should not be hardwired into the
- application).
-
- Possible solution(s) and my (yet another) request for pointers.
-
- 1. Write/update an Excel format file on a UNIX file system, and
- share it with Mac or PC.
-
- --> Is the format of the Excel file publicly available?
- (How about Wingz?)
-
- 2. Write/update a SYLK format file on a UNIX file system, and
- share it with Mac or PC.
-
- --> Where should I get the information on the detail of SYLK
- format? What SYLK can, and cannot do? How do you achieve
- automatic spreadsheet analysis under this environment?
-
- 3. Run SoftPC-like emulation on UNIX, and run Excel-like
- applications on it.
-
- --> Does anyone use SoftPC under the requirements given
- above? What are your experiences/impressions?
-
- 4. Run Excel-like spreadsheet application on UNIX.
-
- --> Is there any good, powerfull and *cheap* spreadsheet
- applications for SUN/DECstation? Any experiences/comments?
-
- Please e-mail me directly and I will summerize to the net.
-
- $!+++
- $! Youhei Morita National Laboratory for High Energy Physics (KEK)
- $! SMTP: morita@kek.ac.jp Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305, JAPAN
- $! HEPnet: KEKVAX::MORITA Phone: 0298-64-1171 x3435 FAX: 0298-64-4402
- $!---
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