Hi,
I just downloaded the library but struggling to build the source and use the dll/lib. Please guide me in building the source code of this library and use it in a stand alone c++ project.
I'm a Mac guy, and the Windows dev is no longer active on the project. Given that we have over 100 downloads a week, mostly by Windows developers, it can't be that hard. I wish I could give you more assistance but I'm clueless how to do anything on Windows.
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Sumit,
Which compiler/development environment are you using?
xlslib can be compiled in standalone app (I.e. not dependent on Excel).
For Embarcadero BC++ I don't use the automake, rather I simply created a library project (solution) specifically for XLSLIB and add the xlslib source files 'by hand' then add the library to your app's project.
For the BC++ compiler I did add some conditional compilation macros to get things to work (which is include in the SVN repository).
I don't use Microsoft Studio, but I don't think there would be much need to massage the code.
The few changes I had to make were to provide functions/macros/constants from Microsoft libraries that were
not available in BC++.
I have also compiled with xlslib with Qt (under Linux), I don't think I need to make any changes to the code.
Thanks for your help, after trying few things I was able to build that. Basically it was MSVC's settings that I had to adjust. It took some time but it worked.
Thanks
Sumit
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I'm a Mac guy, and the Windows dev is no longer active on the project. Given that we have over 100 downloads a week, mostly by Windows developers, it can't be that hard. I wish I could give you more assistance but I'm clueless how to do anything on Windows.
Sumit,
Which compiler/development environment are you using?
xlslib can be compiled in standalone app (I.e. not dependent on Excel).
For Embarcadero BC++ I don't use the automake, rather I simply created a library project (solution) specifically for XLSLIB and add the xlslib source files 'by hand' then add the library to your app's project.
For the BC++ compiler I did add some conditional compilation macros to get things to work (which is include in the SVN repository).
I don't use Microsoft Studio, but I don't think there would be much need to massage the code.
The few changes I had to make were to provide functions/macros/constants from Microsoft libraries that were
not available in BC++.
I have also compiled with xlslib with Qt (under Linux), I don't think I need to make any changes to the code.
Thanks for your help, after trying few things I was able to build that. Basically it was MSVC's settings that I had to adjust. It took some time but it worked.
Thanks
Sumit
Glad it worked out for you - closing this now.