Excel macro as part of my AddIn

[David Thielen]

Hi;

Is there a way for my AddIn to support a macro in Excel? And if so,
can it be used in part of a cell? I'd like to be able to have a cell
be:
dave(<wrut select='/data/a'/>) * dave(<wrut select='/data/b'/>)

Just like you can do sum (A2:A5) * avg(B2:B5)

We have an IExtensibility, not a VSTO AddIn.

??? - thanks - dave

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[Jialiang Ge [MSFT]]

Hello Dave,

I'm not sure whether I understand the request to "support" a macro in Excel
rightly. Do you mean to expose a macro or a function from your COM Add-in?
Am I right to understand your example as: "dave" is a UDF (user defined
function) exposed from your COM Add-in, and "dave(<wrut
select='/data/a'/>) * dave(<wrut select='/data/b'/>)" will be written to
a worksheet cell as a formula?

If my understanding is right, I remember we once discussed a similar
question together three months ago in the
microsoft.public.excel.programming newsgroup. Here is an archive link of
that thread:
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-3475992.php

There are two, not very perfect, solutions:

1. Write, or convert the COM addin to an automation add-in:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/285337
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/COM/excelnetauto.aspx

2. Still use COM addin, but we need an additional Excel add-in
(xla) to call the public function in the COM Addin
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256624/

Please review the old thread for more details, and let me know if you have
any other concerns, or need anything else.

Regards,
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[David Thielen]

thank you - yes. I couldn't find that and thought we had discussed it.

Hello Dave,

I'm not sure whether I understand the request to "support" a macro in Excel
rightly. Do you mean to expose a macro or a function from your COM Add-in?
Am I right to understand your example as: "dave" is a UDF (user defined
function) exposed from your COM Add-in, and "dave(<wrut
select='/data/a'/>) * dave(<wrut select='/data/b'/>)" will be written to
a worksheet cell as a formula?

If my understanding is right, I remember we once discussed a similar
question together three months ago in the
microsoft.public.excel.programming newsgroup. Here is an archive link of
that thread:
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-3475992.php

There are two, not very perfect, solutions:

1. Write, or convert the COM addin to an automation add-in:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/285337
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/COM/excelnetauto.aspx

2. Still use COM addin, but we need an additional Excel add-in
(xla) to call the public function in the COM Addin
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256624/

Please review the old thread for more details, and let me know if you have
any other concerns, or need anything else.

Regards,
Jialiang Ge ([email protected], remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
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[David Thielen]

Hi;

I know this is a long-shot but... Is there an easy way to do this
using VBA? If so, we can write this totally seperate from our AddIn.

thanks - dave

Hello Dave,

I'm not sure whether I understand the request to "support" a macro in Excel
rightly. Do you mean to expose a macro or a function from your COM Add-in?
Am I right to understand your example as: "dave" is a UDF (user defined
function) exposed from your COM Add-in, and "dave(<wrut
select='/data/a'/>) * dave(<wrut select='/data/b'/>)" will be written to
a worksheet cell as a formula?

If my understanding is right, I remember we once discussed a similar
question together three months ago in the
microsoft.public.excel.programming newsgroup. Here is an archive link of
that thread:
http://www.pcreview.co.uk/forums/thread-3475992.php

There are two, not very perfect, solutions:

1. Write, or convert the COM addin to an automation add-in:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/285337
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/COM/excelnetauto.aspx

2. Still use COM addin, but we need an additional Excel add-in
(xla) to call the public function in the COM Addin
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256624/

Please review the old thread for more details, and let me know if you have
any other concerns, or need anything else.

Regards,
Jialiang Ge ([email protected], remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please
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[Jialiang Ge [MSFT]]

Hello Dave,

What do you mean by "do this using VBA"? Do you mean to expose a UDF (user
defined function) with VBA, like this?
http://www.exceltip.com/st/Writing_Your_First_VBA_Function_in_Excel/631.html
http://www.vertex42.com/ExcelArticles/user-defined-functions.html

In addition, here are a few more good articles for how to expose UDFs from
Add-in projects:
http://blogs.msdn.com/eric_carter/archive/2004/12/01/273127.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/pstubbs/archive/2004/12/31/344964.aspx

Regards,
Jialiang Ge ([email protected], remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[David Thielen]

thank you!!

Hello Dave,

What do you mean by "do this using VBA"? Do you mean to expose a UDF (user
defined function) with VBA, like this?
http://www.exceltip.com/st/Writing_Your_First_VBA_Function_in_Excel/631.html
http://www.vertex42.com/ExcelArticles/user-defined-functions.html

In addition, here are a few more good articles for how to expose UDFs from
Add-in projects:
http://blogs.msdn.com/eric_carter/archive/2004/12/01/273127.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/pstubbs/archive/2004/12/31/344964.aspx

Regards,
Jialiang Ge ([email protected], remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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