"Jens Thiel" wrote in message
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"Bura Tino" wrote
Solution 1 is unacceptable because it is good practice to put add-ins on
the
a shared drive so they can be upgraded invisibly to the users.

Have you tried updating the add-in while it is opened by a user..?

Actually yes, although it sounds bad. It's seems ok - they notice changes
when they restart excel.



A third solution that I will pursue if I get no suggestions is to
rewrite
the add-in in C++, since C++ add-ins seem to be free of this ridiculous
problem.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

I can give you an evaluation copy of ManagedXLL if you like to try that
;-)


Don't know what ManagedXLL is. I will look into that.

I could fake having an F: drive by mounting one of the
local directories. Does anyone one if this is possible? Sorry for the
OT.

use "SUBST F: C:\PATH\TO\ADDIN" but be warned: I remember we had problems
with that

What kinds of problems?

I've also discovered that you can mount it as \\127.0.0.1\SHARED_DIR



Jens.

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