xlDefineBinaryName to store data withing Excel workbooks

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xlDefineBinaryName to store data withing Excel workbooks
 
Andreas Lipphardt




Posts: 51
 Joined: 2008-12-19
Hi Andrei,

We own the Premium Editiond and have an important requirement , which I think cannot be done with current version of Add-In express:

We would need a c# way to call the XLL functions xlDefineBinaryName / xlGetBinaryName to store large data block withing Excel workbooks for ALL Excel versions. Note that you have to use xltypeBigData in XLOPER/XLOPER12.

This would be very usefull for ervybody who has the need to read / write .NET data in ALL Excel versions. Having this feature would just great.

I remeber that xlDefineBinaryName was available in a older version but it is not anymore.

What are your thoughts.

Andreas
Posted 13 Jan, 2011 10:13:14 Top
Sergey Grischenko


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 Joined: 2004-07-05
Hi Andreas.

The DefineBinaryName function still available in the latest version of Add-in Express (see the ADXExcelWorksheetFunction enumeration). Also you can use the SetData, GetData methods of xllmodule to store specific data to a workbook. Note, because of to the bug in the current build of Excel 2010, the GetBinaryName (GetData) function may not work.
Posted 13 Jan, 2011 11:19:40 Top
Andreas Lipphardt




Posts: 51
 Joined: 2008-12-19
Sergey,

Thanks a lot for this tip.
Another question. How can I use a XLLModule from within a COM Addin?
It seems that I somehow need to industrialize it.

Thanks,

Anadreas
Posted 15 Jan, 2011 12:23:29 Top
Eugene Astafiev


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Hi Andreas,

Please have a look at the http://www.add-in-express.com/creating-addins-blog/2010/03/24/addin-xll-rtd-one-assembly/ article on our technical blog.
Posted 17 Jan, 2011 05:38:54 Top