xls.getshlib {xlsReadWrite} | R Documentation |
Downloads regular shlib from our swissr dropbox account and replaces cran placeholder version with it. For background info see details.
xls.getshlib( pkgvers = NA, url = NA, md5 = TRUE, reload.shlib = TRUE, lib.loc = .libPaths(), tmpdir = tempdir() )
pkgvers |
optional character string to override the default (which is:
(packageDescription( "xlsReadWrite" )$Version )). pkgvers is
used to replace placeholder in dropbox download url. |
url |
optional character string to indicate a custom url to the zipped file
containing the shlib. Local, i.e. file://<my url> urls are possible. If
an url string has been given, the 'pkgvers' argument will not be used. |
md5 |
with TRUE an md5 value will be retrieved from a file (with
'.md5.txt' suffix) located at the url indicated. A character string is assumed
to be the md5 value to be used for checking. FALSE disables the check. |
reload.shlib |
TRUE to replace the loaded (placeholder) library. With
FALSE the shlib will only be downloaded (path will be displayed). |
lib.loc |
library tree which contains the xlsReadWrite package. |
tmpdir |
temporary folder to downloaded file. |
xls.getshlib()
will download, check and install the regular shlib just
fine. You shouldn't need to provide additional arguments.
The shlib file is hosted on our swissr dropbox account with the following url:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2602516/swissrpkg/bin/<os>/shlib/xlsReadWrite_<pkgvers>_dll.zip
There have been thorough tests initially but we do not give ANY GUARANTEES AT ALL. You might want to revise the 'xls.getshlib' code and/or checkout the package help. In the README file you'll find instructions how to compile the package for yourself.
Why is such an 'install-procedure' necessary? Two reasons:
See section under read.xls.
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