[IronPython] Released prototype Excel add-in making it easy to create Python add-ins

[Giles Thomas]

IronPython in a spreadsheet?  Terrible idea, it'll never work ;-)


Cheers,

Giles

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Thomas P. Boesen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am thinking about creating an Excel add-in that makes it very easy to
> create Excel macros / add-ins using Python (IronPython)
>
> Any feedback about the idea will be greatly appreciated.
>
> I have made a prototype of this add-in available here:
> http://www.xefion.com/en/discoveryscript.html
>
> The add-in would be free, although not open-source.
>
> It takes quite a bit of “plumbing” to get COM add-ins running within
> Excel. My add-in would look for Python scripts in a specific directory
> and automatically create Excel menu-items for all the scripts in that
> directory. Hence, to get started the user just has to create a one-line
> Python script and store this script in the designated folder, then he
> can run the script from Excel.
>
> There will be various other options, for example shared network
> locations with scripts and connecting Excel events (e.g. OpenDoc or
> SaveDoc) to scripts based on their names. Later versions might also work
> with other Office programs (e.g. Word). The download-page mentioned
> above contains a description of feature candidates.
>
> :-) Thomas P. Boesen
>
>
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