[Wine] Run .xls spredsheet with macros

[Doug]

On 03/26/2017 06:12 PM, jorge wrote:
> Good afternoon:
>
> 	Thank you by accept me in this list...I'm new in this list but I have a
> problem that I hope You can help me:
>
> 	I almost always use GNU/Linux (Ubuntu usually), but I need to run a
> spreadsheet with macros (.xa) that content the SimulAr program for
> simulate Monte Carlo methods.
>
> 	When I run the program, I got this message:
>
> 	"Has occurred the error '-2147417848 (80010108)' In time of execution.
> Error in the RegWrite object method 'IWsh Shell3' "
>
> 	Then I can't start to run the program.
>
> 	I'm running Wine 2.4 dev on GNU / Linux Ubuntu 16.04 with Excel 2003.
>
> 	Do you know how to solve this problem ?. Would you please help me ?
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
I wounder if you have considered PlanMaker from SoftMaker, which has a 
free for non-commercial use version, and is quite compatible with the 
Microsoft product. It
comes in a native Linux version, as part of an office suite--SoftMaker 
Office. Or even buy the commercial product--it's less than $100--and the 
German makers are good
at answering emailed questions if you run into trouble. Unfortunately, I 
don't write spread-sheets, so I have no idea if it would solve your 
problem, but you might write
them and ask.  (I have to say that I think spread-sheets are the most 
clumsy way to do math that I have ever encountered!)

--doug