I will try to make an Excel dll add-in. But I have started with the example called ‘generic’ in the SDK (http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=23242), compiled it and tried to load it in Excel. But nothing happens. If I start Excel with VS2010 debugger it doesn’t even shows that Excel loads the dll. None of the addin functionality is available, and if I set breakpoints in the dll and then start Excel as debug target, no breakpoint is ever hit. Actually, they remain with the “empty-circle”, meaning that to the knowledge of the debugger the dll has not been loaded.
I have carefully checked the security settings, and there is nothing that could inhibit the addin functionality there.
Any ideas?
I’m working with Excel 2010.
Definitely sounds like security settings to me. Maybe you should see if http://xll.codeplex.com works for you.