Category Archives: Computing – general

Installing dlls on 64 bit Windows

Posted on 28/03/2013 by dougaj4

Several of the spreadsheets available here include routines linking to compiled code written in C#, C++ or Fortran, which require the installation and registration of dll files.  The procedures for doing this are significantly different on machines with 64 bit … Continue reading →

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What is VBA good for? …

Posted on 25/02/2013 by dougaj4

… is the name of a Stackoverflow thread that sends a steady trickle of visitors here (thanks to a link posted by Charles Williams of FastExcel).  On a similar theme, Smurf on Spreadsheets has a post entitled “What’s so good … Continue reading →

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Daily Download 33: Miscellaneous

Posted on 21/10/2012 by dougaj4

This is the last of the month and a bit of Daily Downloads, and consists of a bumper bundle of 20 spreadsheets with miscellaneous functions that didn’t fit in elsewhere: Repeating a set of data: for instance making three copies of … Continue reading →

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Daily Download 31: Linking to Fortran

Posted on 18/10/2012 by dougaj4

Several routines linking to Fortran dll files, produced with the Silverfrost Fortran compiler, have been provided in previous daily downloads.  Today’s files are example routines, provided with posts covering the procedures to link Excel to Fortran code.  Note that these files … Continue reading →

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Daily Download 30: Data Transfer, to and from VBA

Posted on 17/10/2012 by dougaj4

Today’s downloads cover procedures and functions for the transfer of data between VBA and the spreadsheet, and within VBA. Array resources provides a variety of resources and web links covering the transfer of data on the spreadsheet to VBA arrays. Download: http://www.interactiveds.com.au/software/getarray.zip … Continue reading →

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