[Qgis-user] Using xytools after installation of QGIS 2.0

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

On 23-10-13 10:58, Lynkos wrote:
> I've recently installed QGIS Dufour which is great. The only problem
> I've encountered so far is that it doesn't seem possible to install the
> xytools plugin which I'm currently using for an ongoing project. 
> A search on the web seems to indicate that the plugin is not available
> for Dufour, so I'll need to continue using Lisboa. This would be fine,
> but since installing 2.0, I get an error message when trying to use the
> xytools plugin: "There is a problem when loading a python module which
> is needed to read/write Excel files". Is there something I can do to get
> the plugin working again in Lisboa? Thanks, Sarah. 

Hi Sarah,

I will probably fix the plugin this week. So stay tuned.
That it is not working in 1.8 is strange, did you read the docs? To be
able to read xls files you need the python module xlrd

Regards,

Richard Duivenvoorde