:star: This VSTO Add-In creates a custom "Favorites" ribbon. Key distinctive attributes include dedicated buttons for changing the visibility/sort order of sheets, copying visible cells, Excel's camera feature, Snipping Tool, Problem Steps Recorder (PSR) and Windows Calculator. It is written in 3 different versions as a VSTO Add-In in C# and VB.NET as well as a VBA Add-In.
This Add-In gives the user a custom favorites ribbon. Key distinctive attributes include dedicated buttons for changing the visibility/sort order of sheets, copying visible cells, Excel's camera feature, Snipping Tool, Problem Steps Recorder (PSR) and Windows Calculator. It is written in 3 different versions as a VSTO Add-In in C# and VB.NET as well as a VBA Add-In. The most complete version is C#.
:new: I'm currently working on the Web Add-In in JavaScript.
Instructions for installation of VBA and VSTO versions.
How to install the VBA version
%AppData%\Microsoft\Excel\XLSTART\
How to install the VSTO version
Software | Dependency | Project |
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Microsoft Visual Studio | Solution | VSTO |
Microsoft Office Developer Tools | Solution | VSTO |
Microsoft Excel | Project | VBA, VSTO |
Visual Basic for Applications | Code | VBA |
Extensible Markup Language (XML) | Ribbon | VBA, VSTO |
Snagit | Read Me | VBA, VSTO |
Badges (Library, Custom, Star/Fork) | Read Me | VBA, VSTO |
Term | Meaning |
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COM | Component Object Model (COM) is a binary-interface standard for software components introduced by Microsoft in 1993. It is used to enable inter-process communication and dynamic object creation in a large range of programming languages. COM is the basis for several other Microsoft technologies and frameworks, including OLE, OLE Automation, ActiveX, COM+, DCOM, the Windows shell, DirectX, UMDF and Windows Runtime. |
VBA | Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is an implementation of Microsoft's event-driven programming language Visual Basic 6 and uses the Visual Basic Runtime Library. However, VBA code normally can only run within a host application, rather than as a standalone program. VBA can, however, control one application from another using OLE Automation. VBA can use, but not create, ActiveX/COM DLLs, and later versions add support for class modules. |
VSTO | Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) is a set of development tools available in the form of a Visual Studio add-in (project templates) and a runtime that allows Microsoft Office 2003 and later versions of Office applications to host the .NET Framework Common Language Runtime (CLR) to expose their functionality via .NET. |
XML | Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable.The design goals of XML emphasize simplicity, generality, and usability across the Internet. It is a textual data format with strong support via Unicode for different human languages. Although the design of XML focuses on documents, the language is widely used for the representation of arbitrary data structures such as those used in web services. |
This Excel ribbon named “Favorites” is inserted after the “Home” tab when Excel opens.
ThisWorkbook.CustomDocumentProperties.Add _
Name:="App_ReleaseDate" _
, LinkToContent:=False _
, Type:=msoPropertyTypeDate _
, Value:="31-Jul-2017 1:05pm"
ThisWorkbook.CustomDocumentProperties.Item("App_ReleaseDate").Value = "31-Jul-2017 1:05pm"
ThisWorkbook.CustomDocumentProperties.Item("App_ReleaseDate").Delete