RE: [Gretl-users] Request: options in reading excel data files

I got the right download now with a April build date (sorry I somehow misread a 3-20-2008 build as last week) In my first tests, the XLS imports worked with the different --xoffset and --yoffset options. But I then tried a script with --sheet=2 and this did not work My first guess was the --sheet=1 option opens the last open XLS sheet (as saved in EXCEL), even if is not named 'Sheet1', and the options you added count from the default sheet and =2 or =3 might not exist. But that does not explain all of the errors I get, as now I can not import any XLS files, even through the menu. The error is always First character of varname (0x0) is bad (first must be alphabetical) Even other spreadsheets that the old 1.7.4 can read can not be read by the new Gretl now. But I can open any Gretl sample dataset. Can I have two Gretl versions installed? -----Original Message----- From: gretl-users-bounces(a)lists.wfu.edu [mailto:gretl-users-bounces@lists.wfu.edu] On Behalf Of Allin Cottrell Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 6:13 PM To: Gretl list Subject: RE: [Gretl-users] Request: options in reading excel data files On Mon, 21 Apr 2008, Michael Boldin wrote: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=36234&package_i... Thanks for testing! But for this new feature you need the current snapshot: http://ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu/pub/gretl/gretl_install.exe It'll be in release 1.7.5 when that happens, which ought to be fairly soon. Allin. _______________________________________________ Gretl-users mailing list Gretl-users(a)lists.wfu.edu http://lists.wfu.edu/mailman/listinfo/gretl-users