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Distribute Add-In as Machine Code Only?
I have been developing an add-in for a company for a number of years now. Its
size and the number of people who use it have grown to the point that I would like to explore the option of distributing the add-in as machine code only. Not having to distribute the source code along with the program file would protect the source code and considerably reduce the size of the program file. The size of the file is important because I regularly update the program file from a remote location, and the users are prompted to download the new file whenever there is an update. At this point the add-in runs exclusively in Excel and is accessed through a drop-down menu that is added to the menu bar when the add-in is activated. I need to preserve full Excel functionality, but I wouldnt mind expanding the scope of the program outside of Excel. Nevertheless, my main goal is to limit the distributed portion of the program file to machine code only, not source code. Does anyone have any recommendations? |
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Distribute Add-In as Machine Code Only?
Your best and easiest option is probably to move your code (as much as you
can) to a VB6 ActiveX dll. You can then set a reference to this dll in your trimmed down .xla file and run the code in the dll. RBS "Lazzaroni" wrote in message ... I have been developing an add-in for a company for a number of years now. Its size and the number of people who use it have grown to the point that I would like to explore the option of distributing the add-in as machine code only. Not having to distribute the source code along with the program file would protect the source code and considerably reduce the size of the program file. The size of the file is important because I regularly update the program file from a remote location, and the users are prompted to download the new file whenever there is an update. At this point the add-in runs exclusively in Excel and is accessed through a drop-down menu that is added to the menu bar when the add-in is activated. I need to preserve full Excel functionality, but I wouldnt mind expanding the scope of the program outside of Excel. Nevertheless, my main goal is to limit the distributed portion of the program file to machine code only, not source code. Does anyone have any recommendations? |
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