Category Archives: Link to dll

Download Problems

Posted on March 19, 2024 by dougaj4

Update 24th March 2024: The certificate problem has now been fixed, and most download links should now work without a problem. Note that any file with VBA code (which is almost all of them) will have the VBA blocked with … Continue reading →

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Speed of Scipy Linear Algebra Solvers

Posted on June 14, 2023 by dougaj4

The files presented in the recent post on Scipy Linear Algebra Solvers include a wide range of different solver types, with in some cases numerous sub-options, allowing the functions to be called from Excel, and greatly extending and speeding up … Continue reading →

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Removing Add-ins

Posted on June 5, 2022 by dougaj4

Recently I had problems with an Excel Add-in that was still trying to run, and generating error messages, even after being removed from the add-in list and uninstalled. After much searching and trying suggested methods that didn’t work, I finally … Continue reading →

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Using Excel with Python and ctypes

Posted on October 5, 2020 by dougaj4

The Strand7 API provides an interface between the Strand7 Finite Element Analysis program and external software. It works with many different languages, including Python, which uses ctypes to transfer data to and from the API functions. It is essential that … Continue reading →

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64 bit Excel and the Strand7 API

Posted on August 13, 2019 by dougaj4

Back in May 2017 I posted a sample spreadsheet using the Strand7 API to allow Excel to read and write Strand7 node data and results.  A comment noted at the time that the spreadsheet was not working with 64 bit … Continue reading →

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