Open .NET Form within Excel

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Open .NET Form within Excel
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Praveen Kumar




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How to open a .NET form which is always visible within Excel application?

We can do this in VSTO using current excel window handle (Ex: Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.Hwnd), but not sure how I can achieve this using add-in express.
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Praveen
Posted 23 May, 2015 13:40:31 Top
Andrei Smolin


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Praveen,

ExcelApp.Application. This property is part of the Excel object model; it doesn't belong to VSTO or Add-in Express.


Andrei Smolin
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Posted 25 May, 2015 02:40:42 Top
Praveen Kumar




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Thank you for the answer.

Can I have a sample code to open a always visible .NET form within Excel?

Thanks
Best Regards,
Praveen
Posted 25 May, 2015 06:54:43 Top
Andrei Smolin


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No, we don't have such an example.

In fact, I don't think we ever created such a form. Consider using a pane instead.


Andrei Smolin
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Posted 25 May, 2015 07:00:43 Top
Praveen Kumar




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Thank you. I know ADX Panel is proffered but I cannot change this now.

Seems ExcelApp.Application does not have Hwnd property.
Best Regards,
Praveen
Posted 25 May, 2015 07:07:15 Top
Andrei Smolin


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It is only unavailable in the interop for Excel 2000. Switch to using interops for the Excel versions that you need to support. Or, if you need to support Excel 2000, you can use the approach they describe at https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/258511.


Andrei Smolin
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Posted 25 May, 2015 07:25:58 Top