matrix add-in for Windows version. Convert to mac excel?

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brk4

http://www.fmt.vein.hu/ai_phd/regression/
The link above is an excel add-in for linear algebra, statistics and
matirx operations. EXTREMELY useful. works fine in windows, blows up in
mac (office 2004). anyone have ideas on how to make it compatible?
context-this is for a graduate earth science application. the students
are on the windows network, the academic staff on Mac (my personal
machine is mac). final projects submitted with this package cannot be
opened or checked by the professors without this add-in. grades are
due...

thanks,

B. Heap
 
B

Bob Greenblatt

http://www.fmt.vein.hu/ai_phd/regression/
The link above is an excel add-in for linear algebra, statistics and
matirx operations. EXTREMELY useful. works fine in windows, blows up in
mac (office 2004). anyone have ideas on how to make it compatible?
context-this is for a graduate earth science application. the students
are on the windows network, the academic staff on Mac (my personal
machine is mac). final projects submitted with this package cannot be
opened or checked by the professors without this add-in. grades are
due...

thanks,

B. Heap
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You'll just have to get hold of the author and ask him (or her) to convert
the add-in to work on the Macintosh.
 
B

brk4

i did. this was the resposne (university in budapest)

Dear Brian
I would like to provide a guaranted version of Matrix for MAC but
unfortunately
we cannot test it for the simple reason that cannot effort
multiplatform
developing (we have no MAC, no Apple, PC .)
The Ligth version of Matrix was sucessufully installed on MAC by same
friends of us and they states that it works
But, of course there is a big difference of our test and the one the
the
users do.
We cannot guaranted it at all. You can try it at your convenience. If
you
have some problems please report them to us. May be help you
Best regards

Leonardo Volpi

Foxes Team
 
B

brk4

i did. this was the resposne (university in budapest)

Dear Brian
I would like to provide a guaranted version of Matrix for MAC but
unfortunately
we cannot test it for the simple reason that cannot effort
multiplatform
developing (we have no MAC, no Apple, PC .)
The Ligth version of Matrix was sucessufully installed on MAC by same
friends of us and they states that it works
But, of course there is a big difference of our test and the one the
the
users do.
We cannot guaranted it at all. You can try it at your convenience. If
you
have some problems please report them to us. May be help you
Best regards

Leonardo Volpi

Foxes Team
 
C

CyberTaz

The short story is that software written for Windows doesn't run in Mac OS &
vice-versa.

As an alternative to the suggestion offered to borrow a PC, you might want
to consider Virtual PC 7 on the Macs to run Windows XP. It should be rather
affordable to do for academics, based on Student/Teacher pricing :) That
should allow you to run the Windows-native app & PC XL on the Macs.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
 
B

brk4

http://digilander.libero.it/foxes/SoftwareDownload.htm

The developer sent me this link to the "light" version of the add-in.
Indicated some mac folks have had success with it, no indication of
what os, what version of excel.
downloaded it myself, the software recognizes the package, and accepts
it as an add-in from the wizzard in the tools dropdown menu. The
formulas appear in the formula pallate, but the array command "open
apple-plus-return" does not activate the the function. Tried
"f2-cntrol-shift-return" also, no soap.
Really would like this to work. the functionality for matricies
outstrips the native excel capability.
 
B

Bob Greenblatt

http://digilander.libero.it/foxes/SoftwareDownload.htm

The developer sent me this link to the "light" version of the add-in.
Indicated some mac folks have had success with it, no indication of
what os, what version of excel.
downloaded it myself, the software recognizes the package, and accepts
it as an add-in from the wizzard in the tools dropdown menu. The
formulas appear in the formula pallate, but the array command "open
apple-plus-return" does not activate the the function. Tried
"f2-cntrol-shift-return" also, no soap.
Really would like this to work. the functionality for matricies
outstrips the native excel capability.
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It's really hard for us to help as the software is not supported. I'm not
going to install and try it. If the addins supply formulas, they should
automatically recalculate when Excel recalcs. If not, then perhaps there is
something incorrect in the way the add-in is written the write up on your
link implies that this is for an older version (whatever that means) on
Excel and the Macintosh.

No matter how hard you wish it would work, I'm afraid that your only
recourse is with the authors.
 
J

Jim Gordon MVP

Hi,

O'Reilly has a publication titled Excel Scientific and Engineering Cookbook
By David M. Bourg
First Edition January 2006
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/excelseckbk/index.html

On the description of the book is an Exalmples link to a download file
http://examples.oreilly.com/excelseckbk/

Download the examples, unzip the file (double-click it in Finder) and take a
look at the Matrix examples. Does this help?

-Jim Gordon
Mac MVP



http://www.fmt.vein.hu/ai_phd/regression/
The link above is an excel add-in for linear algebra, statistics and
matirx operations. EXTREMELY useful. works fine in windows, blows up in
mac (office 2004). anyone have ideas on how to make it compatible?
context-this is for a graduate earth science application. the students
are on the windows network, the academic staff on Mac (my personal
machine is mac). final projects submitted with this package cannot be
opened or checked by the professors without this add-in. grades are
due...

thanks,

B. Heap
Click to expand...

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

MVPs are not Microsoft Employees
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