Greetings,

I would be grateful if anyone could suggest some novice resources (books,
sites, other) on coding Excel via C/C+.

Thanks in advance,

Dave

I didn't think anyone else out there used C++ with Excel. Seems like most developers use Visual Basic.

Don't know any books, but the MSDN Library is the source I use. Search for Article Id's Q178749, Q141759, Q165273, &Q178781. Other than those, I use the Visual Basic documentation for the Autmation Objects Methods and Properties and just mentally map to MFC. You have to know how to use VARIANTS real well. Search the library for "Article 4. The Ultimate Data Type" by Bruce McKinney.

Good luck.

Thanks for the info. Anything with just plain ol' "C"?

Dave


"chelms" wrote in message
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I didn't think anyone else out there used C++ with Excel. Seems like most
developers use Visual Basic.

Don't know any books, but the MSDN Library is the source I use. Search
for Article Id's Q178749, Q141759, Q165273, &Q178781. Other than those, I
use the Visual Basic documentation for the Autmation Objects Methods and
Properties and just mentally map to MFC. You have to know how to use
VARIANTS real well. Search the library for "Article 4. The Ultimate Data
Type" by Bruce McKinney.

Good luck.

I've seen it written that C coding for Windows is still possible, but hard. Theoretically you could build up a function library, but with the sparse documentation on C++ and MFC already, I'd think it near impossible unless you're a Microsoft insider

Cheers.