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How to call a VFP COM method from Excel
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10/02/2003 21:30:15
 
 
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10/02/2003 20:36:38
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Catégorie:
COM/DCOM et OLE Automation
Divers
Thread ID:
00751581
Message ID:
00751749
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Don, Thanks a lot

It worked and the function also appears under User Defined Functions.





>Juan,
>
>Insert a code module into the Excel workbook, and define a Public Function with the proper parameters and enclose code provided previously inside this function and return the value.
>
>Example:
>
>Public Function Multiply(intA as Integer, intB as Integer) As Integer
>    Set myMult = CreateObject("MyServer.MyClass")
>
>    Multiply = myMult.Multiply(intA, intB)
>
>    Set myMult = Nothing
>End Function
>
>
>You should then be able to enter into any cell in the workbook "=Multiply(5, 4)" and the result should calculate.
>
>This function will also appear in the Function Dialog Box under the User Defined category.
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>Don
>
>
>>Thanks anyway, but I wanted to see my COM Server Methods as functions under the Insert - Function Menu, Category: MyServer.MyClass.
>>
>>I compiled the COM project with VFP7, not VFP6, and it's working now, so I can create formulas in excel involving my VFP functions, for example:
>>=Multiply(5,4)
>>
>>
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>>>Juan,
>>>
>>>You can just use it in an Excel macro like so:
>>>
Set myMult = CreateObject("MyServer.MyClass")
>>>MsgBox " 5 times 4 is " & CStr(myMult.Multiply(5,4)), vbOKOnly + vbInformation, "Multiplication"
>>>You can also add the VFP component to the VBA project's references to use it early-bound, but this is the simplest method.
>>>
>>>HTH,
>>>
>>>>Hi
>>>>
>>>>I have been reading VFP and Excel help system in order to add optional functions in excel but I can't get sucess at all. This is what I've done:
>>>>
>>>>1. I Created a Custom Olepublic class with an example Method to multiply numbers. I want further to seek and return values from VFP tables.
>>>>
>>>>2. In Excel, I went to Tools - Add-Ins - Automation and I selected MyServer.MyClass from the available servers list.
>>>>
>>>>3. But I get this error:
>>>>Cannot find Add-in 'c:\comserver\myserver.exe /automation'. Delete from list ? YES/NO
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Any specific guidelines, white papers or books to build this VFP server ?
>>>>
>>>>How to implement help to be displayed when, in Excel, I click on Insert - Function - Category MyServer.MyClass ?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>
>>>>Juan
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