Embed application in spreadsheet
 

I can place a countdown timer over a spreadsheet but when i click on the
spreadsheet the timer minimizes. Can i embed this timer appication into the
spreadsheet so it doesn't minimize? Using Vista and Ezcel 2007
Thanks in advance

Embed application in spreadsheet
 

Just what sort of component is the timer? Is it a separate exe that
display the time in a window? What you really need to do is create an
ActiveX user control and embed that on the worksheet.

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
Excel Product Group, 1998 - 2009
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
(email on web site)


On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:32:02 -0700, Mark N
wrote:

I can place a countdown timer over a spreadsheet but when i click on the
spreadsheet the timer minimizes. Can i embed this timer appication into the
spreadsheet so it doesn't minimize? Using Vista and Ezcel 2007
Thanks in advance

Embed application in spreadsheet
 

Chip,
It is a separate .exe window.
How would i creat an ActiveX control to embed the timer into the spreadsheet?
Thanks in advance for your help

"Chip Pearson" wrote:

Just what sort of component is the timer? Is it a separate exe that
display the time in a window? What you really need to do is create an
ActiveX user control and embed that on the worksheet.

Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional
Excel Product Group, 1998 - 2009
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
(email on web site)


On Sun, 30 Aug 2009 06:32:02 -0700, Mark N
wrote:

I can place a countdown timer over a spreadsheet but when i click on the
spreadsheet the timer minimizes. Can i embed this timer appication into the
spreadsheet so it doesn't minimize? Using Vista and Ezcel 2007
Thanks in advance