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> [ This is a repost using the yahoo web-interface. Posting to
> news.atkin.com doesn't work]
>
> Probably I found a bug: Clicking the "Excel-Export" shows an error
> message:
>
> OLE error 800A03EC.
> [ OK ]
>

Yes, it's a OLE bug.

> It does not matter wether Excel is running or not. I use Excel-2000
> (Build 9.0.3821 SR-1)
>

I've tested only of Excel97, but it's a crap to make OLE work.

> Using OLE requires Excel to be installed. An other way would be to
> write simple XLS-Files using a delphi-component (i.E. XLSFile by Yudi
> Wibisono & Masayu Leylia Khodra). This XLS-files could also been read
> with OpenOffice/StarOffice.
>
> What do you think about that?

Provide me a link and I'll be very happy to test it.

Regards, Lorenzo.