Hi Bernd, On Sat, 08. Dec 2012 at 17:12:16 +0100, Bernd Vogelgesang wrote: > Seems the excel import is version and/or platform dependent: In dev under > linux mint, it doesn't work at all. Drag and drop produces "blabla.xls is > not a valid or recognized data source" and through the normal vector > adding dialog, there is no way to make the xls visible and selectable.
It's not platform, but OGR dependant. I suppose the GDAL/OGR on Linux mint isn't built with FreeXL[1] support and therefore you can't use Excel files directly. Jürgen [1] https://www.gaia-gis.it/fossil/freexl/ -- Jürgen E. Fischer norBIT GmbH Tel. +49-4931-918175-31 Dipl.-Inf. (FH) Rheinstraße 13 Fax. +49-4931-918175-50 Software Engineer D-26506 Norden http://www.norbit.de committ(ed|ing) to Quantum GIS IRC: jef on FreeNode -- norBIT Gesellschaft fuer Unternehmensberatung und Informationssysteme mbH Rheinstrasse 13, 26506 Norden GF: Jelto Buurman, HR: Amtsgericht Emden, HRB 5502 _______________________________________________ Qgis-user mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
