Excel Add-in Development in C/C++

Applications in Finance

By: Steve Dalton

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Product code: 20387
ISBN: 0470024690
544 pages
Format: Hb
Published by: John Wiley & Sons, 2004

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Description of Excel Add-in Development in C/C++

Excel is the industry standard for financial modelling, providing a number of ways for users to extend the functionality of their own add-ins, including VB. C/C++. Excel Add-in Developments in C/C++ - Applications for Finance is a how-to guide and reference book for the creation of high performance add-ins for Excel in C and C++ for users in the finance industry.

Author Steve Dalton explains how to apply Excel add-ins to financial applications with many examples given throughout the book. It also covers the relative strengths and weaknesses of developing add-ins for Excel in VB versus C/C++, and provides several thousand lines of code, workbooks and example projects on the accompanying CD-ROM.

- Features extensive example codes in VB, C and C++, explaining all the ways in which a developer can achieve their objectives.

- Contains a number of example projects that demonstrate, from start to finish, the potential of Excel when powerful add-ins can be easily developed.

- Developes the readers understanding of the relative strengths and weaknesses of developing add-ins for Excel in VB versus C/C++.

- Includes CD-ROM with several thousand lines of example code and numerous workbooks, and a number of complete example projects.

Excel Add-in Development in C/C++ - Chapter headings

Preface
Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

2. Excel Functionality

3. Using VBA

4. Creating a 32 Bit Windows (Win32) DLL Using Visual C++ 6.0 or Visual Studio .Net

5. Turning DLLs into XLLs: The Add-in Manager Interface

6. Passing Data Between Excel and the DLL

7. Memory Management

8. Accessing Excel Functionality Using the C API

9. Miscellaneous Topics

10. Example Add-ins and Financial Applications

References
Web links and other resources
Index

Authobiography of Steve Dalton

STEVE DALTON is currently head of Exotic Options at Collins Stewart Tullett plc in London. Steve has almost 20 years of experience working in the fields of interest rate derivatives and IT.

With a background in mathematics and computing, he pioneered the use of real-time spreadsheets in the mid 1980s for arbitrage and derivatives pricing. He founded Eigensys Ltd in the late 1980s, which specialises in software and consultancy in this field and in the use of Excel for demanding real-time applications.

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