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Excel 4.0 add-ins

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From: Rich Long
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.

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Subject: Excel 4.0 add-ins
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Date: 2 Sep 92 13:02:55 GMT
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