ComponentSource Topic | XLL Plus for Visual Studio 2005

XLL Plus for Visual Studio adds 64 bit support

Mon, 16 May 2011 14:24:45 GMT

Using XLL Plus for Visual Studio to create an add-in.

Version 7.0 also features full support for Office Ribbons and Excel 2010 asynchronous execution features.

XLL Plus is a toolkit to aid C/C++ programmers in the construction of Excel add-in libraries. XLL Plus contains tools and C++ class libraries that make it very easy and safe to produce high-performance Excel add-ins. The XLL Plus class library wraps the Microsoft Excel SDK with simple, intuitive C++ classes, and the Wizards create all the code for you. The user needs very little knowledge of Excel or the SDK. Add-ins produced with XLL Plus contain no Visual Basic code; they are authored entirely in C and C++. XLL Plus is available in the following editions:

Updates in V7.0

64 bit support - XLL Plus now creates both 32 bit and 64 bit add-ins, so that you can now provide add-ins to users of Excel 2010 64 bit edition. Also, all the XLL Plus redistributable run-time servers are provided in both 32 bit and 64 bit formats.
Office Ribbon - XLL Plus provides full support for Microsoft Office Ribbons, managing all the COM interface issues, and routing ribbon messages and events to a C++ event-handler function in your code.
Queued asynchronous functions - XLL Plus now supports Excel 2010 asynchronous execution features. This can greatly improve the efficiency of thread-safe functions that contend for a shared resource (such as a database or a data feed).

About Planatech Solutions

Planatech Solutions Founded in 1996, Planatech Solutions is a privately owned company, specialising in cross-language & cross-platform interfaces. Based on nearly 20 years experience in the Financial Markets, Planatech has produced both commercial and bespoke software. Their most successful commercial product, XLL Plus, first went to market in 1998, and simplifies the process of converting complex mathematical models written in C/C++ to instantly useable add-in functions in Excel. Clients include investment banks, hedge funds, energy industries, universities.

XLL Plus adds hidden regions

Wed, 02 Jun 2010 17:43:00 GMT

Creating and AddIn with XLL Plus for Visual Studio 2008.

Version 6.3 also features XLL wrapper libraries, improves asynchronous functions and adds Portuguese language support.

XLL+ is a toolkit to aid C/C++ programmers in the construction of Excel add-in libraries. XLL+ contains tools and C++ class libraries that make it very easy and safe to produce high-performance Excel add-ins. The XLL+ class library wraps the Microsoft Excel SDK with simple, intuitive C++ classes, and the Wizards create all the code for you. The user needs very little knowledge of Excel or the SDK. Add-ins produced with XLL+ contain no Visual Basic code; they are authored entirely in C and C++.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V6.3

Hidden regions
Almost all of the generated code is now surrounded by #pragma region blocks. This means that almost all of the implementation code for each add-in can be hidden, and you need only see the code that is interesting - the function signature and your own code.
XLL Wrapper Libraries
Sometimes it is useful to be able to call your Excel add-in functions from other environments, such as command-line programs or interactive applications, written in C++, Java, C# or Visual Basic. The Xll Wrapper toolkit contains tools, a runtime library, samples and documentation to help with the development of COM modules and .NET assemblies that wrap Excel XLL add-ins. The add-in functions in the library are available as COM and .NET methods to client programs that use the wrapper modules. The wrapper objects can be used by clients written in any development environment that supports COM or .NET, including C++, Java, C#, Visual Basic and VBA.
Asynchronous functions
Planatech considerably improved the performance and scalability of the asynchronous function model. You can now place thousands of asynchronous functions in a spreadsheet without degrading performance. They have also added a new sample application which demonstrates how to integrate a data feed into an Excel add-in for high-performance real-time data add-in, written in C++, and which supports array real-time values as well as scalar values.
Portuguese language support
Help files can now be generated in any of three languages: English, French and now Portuguese.
Value Lists
The Value List Editor is now easier to use. You can copy and paste data to and from the dialog, so it's easy to edit lists in source code or in Excel, and paste them into the Value List Editor.

About Planatech Solutions

Founded in 1996, Planatech Solutions is a privately owned company, specializing in cross-language & cross-platform interfaces. Based on nearly 20 years experience in the Financial Markets, Planatech has produced both commercial and bespoke software. The company's most successful commercial product, XLL Plus, first went to market in 1998, and simplifies the process of converting complex mathematical models written in C/C++ to instantly usable add-in functions in Excel. Clients include investment banks, hedge funds, energy industries, universities.

XLL Plus for Visual Studio updated

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:20:00 GMT

Creating a BestFit function with the XLL Plus Function Wizard.

Version 6.2.4 adds support for Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) and Windows Vista (64-bit).

XLL Plus (XLL+) is a toolkit to aid C/C++ programmers in the construction of Excel add-in libraries. XLL+ contains tools and C++ class libraries that make it very easy and safe to produce high-performance Excel add-ins. The XLL+ class library wraps the Microsoft Excel SDK with simple, intuitive C++ classes, and the Wizards create all the code for you. The user needs very little knowledge of Excel or the SDK. Add-ins produced with XLL+ contain no Visual Basic code; they are authored entirely in C and C++. The following editions are available:

Updates in V6.2.4

Support added for Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit)
Support added for Windows Vista (64-bit)

About Planatech Solutions

Founded in 1996, Planatech Solutions is a privately owned company, specialising in cross-language & cross-platform interfaces. Based on nearly 20 years experience in the Financial Markets, Planatech has produced both commercial and bespoke software. The company's most successful commercial product, XLL Plus, first went to market in 1998, and simplifies the process of converting complex mathematical models written in C/C++ to instantly useable add-in functions in Excel. Clients include investment banks, hedge funds, energy industries, universities.