Axolot XLSReadWrite

I'm currently investigating components to read/write Excel sheets. (I
have a need to run a routine on a server which does not have Excel
installed.)

Testing with SM Software's "TXLSFile" component has been simple and it
appears to do all I need. However, I wanted to compare Axolot's
"XLSReadWrite" and "XLSMini" components.

It appears that XLSMini does not allow the user to set the column
widths when writing a spreadsheet and I've had no success in setting
the column widths in XLSReadWrite.

I'm using the following code to set the width and it compiles just
fine. However, I get an exception at run time. Can anyone tell me how
to do it?

xlsReadWrite1.Sheets[0].Columns[1].CharWidth := 26;

TIA,

... Joe
Member of the UK Borland User Group

.