If you are running on WIndows, I would suggest that you use the RODBC package and the "odbcConnectExcel2007" function. I have had reasonable success with this.
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 3:23 PM, Paolo Rossi <statmailingli...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to run the package xlsx to read Excel 2007 files and I am > getting the error below. > >> library(xlsx) > Loading required package: xlsxjars > Loading required package: rJava > Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'xlsxjars', details: > call: .jinit() > error: cannot obtain Class.getSimpleName method ID > Error: package 'xlsxjars' could not be loaded > > By looking up this in the mailing list I have seen that it is an error > related to the configuration of the path. > I was also made aware that the path read into R gets truncated if it is too > long. To avoid any issue I have added the jre at the very beginning of the > path - see below > >> p = Sys.getenv("PATH") >> strsplit(p,";") > > $PATH > [1] "c:\\Program > Files\\Java\\j2re1.4.2_06\\bin\\client\\" > [2] "c:\\Program > Files\\Java\\jre1.5.0_06\\bin\\client\\" > [3] > "c:\\oracle\\ora92\\bin\\" > > [4] > "c:\\oracle\\ora92\\jre\\1.4.2\\bin\\" > > [5] > "c:\\oracle\\ora92\\jre\\1.4.2\\bin\\client\\" > > [6] "c:\\program > files\\oracle\\jre\\1.3.1\\bin\\" > [7] > "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32" > > [8] "C:\\WINDOWS" > .... > > In the path variable the items have been pasted like this: > c:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_06\bin\client\;c:\Program > Files\Java\jre1.5.0_06\bin\client\; > The issue still persists. > > Can you please help? > > Thanks > > Paolo > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Jim Holtman Cincinnati, OH +1 513 646 9390 What is the problem that you are trying to solve? ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.