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.NET Forum / Languages / Managed C++ / August 2007Excel dependent on .Net Framework Runtime?
Hello everyone, I am wondering whether Microsoft Excel 2003 is a native application or dependent on any .Net Framework Runtime, like 1.1, 2.0 or 3.0? How about Microsoft Excel 2007? thanks in advance, George Run Excel 2003 and use some software (like Process Explorer) to see loaded modules of excel.exe (2003), I didn't find any DLL related to .NET. You can do the same check with Excel 2007. Thanks man, What is "Process Explorer"? Could you provide an URL please? regards, George > Run Excel 2003 and use some software (like Process Explorer) to see loaded > modules of excel.exe (2003), I didn't find any DLL related to .NET. You can do > the same check with Excel 2007. >What is "Process Explorer"? Could you provide an URL please? URL : http://www.google.com/ . That provides all the links you want. It's far faster than posting and waiting for a reply. Nathan Mates -- <*> Nathan Mates - personal webpage http://www.visi.com/~nathan/ # Programmer at Pandemic Studios -- http://www.pandemicstudios.com/ # NOT speaking for Pandemic Studios. "Care not what the neighbors # think. What are the facts, and to how many decimal places?" -R.A. Heinlein Thanks Nathan, Do you mean this tools? Various tools are called Process Explorer. :-) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/ProcessExplorer.mspx regards, George > >What is "Process Explorer"? Could you provide an URL please? > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > # NOT speaking for Pandemic Studios. "Care not what the neighbors > # think. What are the facts, and to how many decimal places?" -R.A. Heinlein > Hello everyone, > > I am wondering whether Microsoft Excel 2003 is a native application or > dependent on any .Net Framework Runtime, like 1.1, 2.0 or 3.0? > > How about Microsoft Excel 2007? Both Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 have the ability to load .NET assemblies (created with VSTO - Visual Studio Tools for Office). Excel itself, however, is a native app, and AFIAK doesn't require the .NET framework to run. -cd Thanks Carl, Could you describe in more details what means "the ability to load .NET assemblies"? Excel loading .Net assembly by some platform interop technologies or some other means? regards, George > > Hello everyone, > > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > -cd > Thanks Carl, > > Could you describe in more details what means "the ability to load > .NET assemblies"? Excel loading .Net assembly by some platform interop > technologies or some other means? Exactly. Excel hosts the CLR, which is simply a collection of DLLs; the CLR, in turn, hosts managed assemblies, which are also nothing but DLLs. Those managed DLLs interact with Excel through an Interop layer (a PIA - Primary Interop Assembly). -cd Thanks Carl, Still a little confusing. :-) Excel is a native application and it should not have any .Net Code, right? So, I am wondering what are the managed assemblies Excel will interact? Could you show me some examples what are they? (I think they should be some plug-ins, but I am not quite sure.) regards, George > > Thanks Carl, > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > -cd > Thanks Carl, > > Still a little confusing. :-) > > Excel is a native application and it should not have any .Net Code, > right? The CLR itself is a native application (a few DLLs) - any native application can be modified to load the CLR via the CLR Hosting APIs (look 'em up on MSDN). Once the CLR is loaded, that application can host .NET assemblies and can expose it's own internals via it's own interop facilities to .NET assemblies. > So, I am wondering what are the managed assemblies Excel will > interact? Could you show me some examples what are they? > (I think they should be some plug-ins, but I am not quite sure.) Yes, they'd be plug-ins of some sort, developed using VSTO. IIUC, Excel also support COM-based plug-ins, VBA programs and macros - there's more ways to extend Excel (or Word) than you can shake a stick at. -cd Thanks Carl, I have found some materials on MSDN. Do you mean something like this, http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/06/08/CLRInsideOut/ regards, George > > Thanks Carl, > > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > -cd Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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