- #VB NET 2010 HOW TO CREATE AN INTELLISENSE FULL#
- #VB NET 2010 HOW TO CREATE AN INTELLISENSE REGISTRATION#
Right corner of this window, select All files and you should see XLServer.xll file what we just pasted into this XLServer folder. At this point, it might be that you doĮlse, except cs files on this window. Then, add this xll file into your current project (\\Projects\XLServer\XLServer) and rename it toīe XLServer.xll. CopyPaste the following xml code intoįrom the properties of this dna file, set Copy to Output Directory to be Copy if newer.įrom the downloaded Excel-DNA folder (Distribution), copy ExcelDna.xll New file as text file to project (Project - Add new item - Text file)Īnd name it to be XLServer.dna. From the properties of this reference, set Copy Local to be True. This dll file is inside theĭistribution folder what we just downloaded from Excel-DNA website.
Reference to Excel-DNA library (Project - Add reference - Browse. As a part of this posting, we will create this type library file. Class type information is produced for the class interface and published in type library file. This means, that a dual class interface is generated for this class and also exposed to COM. Note also, that ClassInterfaceType attribute for our public COMLibrary class has been set to be AutoDual. Unregistration of our dll file to be done programmatically, without the
#VB NET 2010 HOW TO CREATE AN INTELLISENSE REGISTRATION#
IExcelAddin interface), we are enabling the registration and At this point, do not mind about all those error messages.Īs we add reference to ExcelDnaIntegration.dll file, those errors will Also, change the class name to be XLServer.ĬopyPaste the following code into your XLServer.cs and save Project, we are going to follow these instructions.Ĭreate a new class project and name it to be XLServer. There is also a step-by-step wordĭocumentation file available within the distribution folder. Project, I have been using Visual Studio 2010 Express with Framework 4.0.ĭownload and unzip Excel-DNA Version 0.30 zipįile to be ready when needed.
#VB NET 2010 HOW TO CREATE AN INTELLISENSE FULL#
Which can be used in VBA with full intellisense support. This posting will present a bit more complex way to do the same thing, but also including full intellisense support for your COM server class to be used in VBA.Įnd result of this small example project will be a C# COM Server class,
If this topic is completely new for you, I suggest that you check out first that posting before starting to work with this one. In my previous posting, I was presenting how to create C# COM Server class and use that class in VBA without intellisense support.