On 19 Jan 99, at 3:31, Alex Polenov wrote: > But still you have to have MS Office apps to open you extracts from zip. I > meaned compilers for VBA to convert my works to exe files. And its should > run after I copy its to other systems without MSOffince. For example I > have sheets with some functions and I don't need other functions from > Excel97. I may copy this little file to an old 386 or 486 machine to run > it on Win95 or DOS. I don't know what is "Baler" utility - have never > heared about it. > > Alex > > > WinZip has the option to package a file, or a group of files, as a > > "self-extracting executable" .EXE file. Does this do what you need? Or > > are you looking for something more like the old "Baler" utitlity that > > would turn a spreadsheet into an application -- I don't know of one like > > this still on the market. Baler was a "compiler" for Lotus 1-2-3, somewhere around 1987 -- it did exactly what you want, except that it didn't know about Excel or Windows.... Check out http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/550/session.one/spreadsheets_faq.html section 10 (which I've attempted to reproduce below): 10. Spreadsheet runtimes/compilers 10.0 References 10.1 Baler and Visual Baler {HYPERLINK "http://www.techtools.com/vbaler.htm"}http://www.techtools.com/vbaler.htm {HYPERLINK "http://nyweb.com/lotus/visbaler.htm"}http://nyweb.com/lotus/visbaler.htm 10.2 xlsexe Compuserve: 71031,1123 America Online: RobertL469 Centerline Software 3351 Turner Plaza #108 Abilene, TX 79606 {HYPERLINK "ftp://ftp.zdnet.com/pccomp/1001/xlsexe.zip"}ftp://ftp.zdnet.com/pccomp/1001/xlsexe.zip 10.3 Formula One (available from Programmer's Paradise) {HYPERLINK "http://www.visualcomp.com/f1net/download.htm"}http://www.visualcomp.com/f1net/download.htm David G Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://nospin.com/pc/staff.html