Add-In communication with outside Application
I have the following requirements:
Build a stand-alone application (I'm using C#) that asks the user to click in a cell in an Excel spreadsheet, and then displays the address of that cell in the C# application. It seems simple enough, but the problem I'm encountering is as follows: In order for the user to select the cell from Excel, they must first click once on the Excel window to give it focus and then their second click is what changes the cell location. The transition from the outside C# application to the user's cell of choice needs to be one click, not two. This functionality exists if the display form is written as an Excel Add-in, as in that case, Excel already is the focused application and therefore no second clic is needed. I'm having difficulty trying to come up with a hybrid approach such that I have an add-in inside Excel to handle the single clicking duties, but it must be able to pass the information back to an external C# application. Can anyone help? (I'm posting to the C# group also as this sort of falls between the groups) thanks! |
Add-In communication with outside Application
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Add-In communication with outside Application
Hi Matthew,
Thanks for posting in the community. I have posted a reply to your another post titiled "C# Aplpication talking to Excel Add-In"in the newsgroup below. Newsgroups: microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.csharp You may go to have a check, if you have any concern on this issue, please post there. Best regards, Peter Huang Microsoft Online Partner Support Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. |
Add-In communication with outside Application
such that I have an add-in inside Excel to handle the single
clicking duties, but it must be able to pass the information back to an external C# application. Have the add-in write a file containing the cell address to a given directory. Meanwhile, your C# app is watching that directory waiting for such a file to appear. Regards, Vic Eldridge |
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