Re: TiKZ & exceltex

> Hi Hans,
> thanks for the reply
>
> On Tue, 23 Jun 2009, Hans Meine wrote:
>
>> On Montag 22 Juni 2009, Walter Cazzola wrote:
>>> Ouch, I see, do you know some trick to put it in something (I've  
>>> already
>>> tried to put it in a \newsavebox without success) that I can use  
>>> later
>>> in the color definition of \draw?
>
>> AFAICS, you can simply use \def outside the figure, and then put  
>> everything
>> together inside TikZ.  But that might not be the best solution yet.
>
> unfortunately something like
>
>  \def\crap{\inccell{dati.xls!C1}}
>  \tikz \draw[draw=\crap] (.25cm,.25cm) rectangle +(8.5,5.5) ;
>
> doesn't work.
>
> At last I've discovered that it isn't a TikZ issue but a (x)color  
> issue:
> the clash is related to the use of the data from the spreadsheet in a
> color definition/usage.
>
> Cheers
> Walter
>
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