Re: [Quantlib-dev] What "Launcher" is?

[Ferdinando A. <na...@am...>]

On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 1:34 AM, Piter Dias <pit...@ma...> wrote:
> What this "Launcher" directoty inside QuantLib project tree is?
> It has some VB (.Net) code and an intriguing form...
> Is this some cool stuff for QuantLibXL we should know about? :-)

it's cool but probably not ready for prime time yet.

It is used to launch an Excel session which opens QuantLibXL.xla (so
you don't have to install the addin in Excel) and then performs the
selected actions (e.g. bootstrap the Yield Curves, the swaption vol,
etc). It is able to do this in a very customizable way, i.e. it can
load multiple xlas from different locations, use the spreadsheet
folder you prefer, etc, using resources and folders which are allowed
to be scattered around your network.
Different configuration can be stored for quick launching and few of
them can be maintained by superuser so that normal user just use them
without been able to customize them.

It is mainly used to deploy QuantLibXL.xla along with other xlas in a
trading environment.

ciao -- Nando