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Article #2351Excel 4.0 add-ins
From: Rich Long
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 13:02
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 13:02
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I dislike the way add-ins are handled in Excel 4.0. The add-ins
Manager stores the full path of an add-in module, and complains if there is a
single quote (') or a bang (!) in the path. Well, of course my disk is called
"Rich's Disk" and Excel didn't like that. So I changed it. I then find that to
edit the location of an add-in module requires one to type the full path to
it! On a Mac??!! I don't think I've typed a full path since I bought the
machine.
I also find that re-adding (at least this uses SFGetFile) an existing module
doesn't appear to cause the path to be updated in the Manager; rather, I must
remove and re-add the offendig module, which is S L O O O W (on a IIci with
cache card, no less).
Some things I wish they had done:
o I wish the add-ins were pre-compiled (maybe they are, but they are still
slow).
o If it must use paths, they should be relative to the Excel folder, not the
entire disk.
o Adding to the Manager a module that exists should cause its path to be
updated.
o One should be able to select multiple add-ins for removal instead of one at
a time.
Otherwise, I like Excel pretty well, but I think the add-in stuff could use
some polish.
Richard C. Long long@mcntsh.enet.dec.com
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