I am working on a set of drawings that need to have a Excel spreadsheet inserted. I have been struggling with this for a couple of days and can't seem to make the scale and sizing work properly. Is there documentation that could assist me with this task? Can it be done?



dg

Rob -

Interestingly, I can copy and paste the object (Excel Chart bitmap) from your drawing into mine with no problem and it looks great.   I don't get it.

dg

Hi Dave,

Yes, OLE can be 'interesting', but it sounds like we're on the right track; inserting a bitmap should work fine, given your requirements.

From the screengrab you posted it would appear that the issue is probably something to do with file format association so we'd like to understand a little about your machine.  File associations are defined in the Windows registry so we'd like to take a look at how yours is set up.  Please follow the procedure outlined below.  Note that I have made the assumption that you are tying to insert a .BMP file.  If it is another extension, substitute that extension for .BMP in the steps below.

1. Open the Windows Registry Editor: Click on Start | Run, type in "regedit" (without the quotes) and click on OK
2. Expand HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
3. Scroll down to .bmp
4. Rightclick on .bmp and select Export
5. Type in a filename, e.g. BMP and save the file somewhere, e.g. on your Desktop.  It will be saved as BMP.reg
6. Zip the file and post it to this forum

We'll then be able to see how your file association differs from ours and hopefully suggest a change that will get your machine working properly.

Kind regards,
Rob Robinson
Stardraw.com