[scilab-Users] Error code opening xls file

[Mathieu Dubois]

Hello Marco,
> During file opening with library function xls_open I obtain an error 
> message:
>
>  [fd, sst, sheetname, sheetpos] = 
> xls_open('c:/documenti/sistemi/leggi/iso_sistemi/utilities/calls.xls');
>                                                                                              
> !--error 999
>
> XLS file I'm trying to open inside Scilab is 38 Mbyte: is it too much 
> big for this function? I used xls_open in order to open smallest xls 
> file with no problem.
>
> What does 999 error code mean?
 From file scilab-5.2.1/modules/spreadsheet/sci_gateway/c you can see 
that error 999 is used either if your input argument is not a string or 
if the file doesn't exists...

I think the second option applies to your case.

I don't think that xls_open can be used to create an Excel file... To 
operate with Excel you probably have to use CSV files...

HTH,
Mathieu