Setup

Here are the steps that were used to create the xlkitExample project using Visual Studio 2013+:

From the main menu, choose File > New Project > Templates > Visual C++ > Win32.
Configure your name and project location and hit OK.
- From the main menum choose Project > Add Existing Item
Add this file to the project.
- From the main menu, choose Project > SolutionName Properties.
At the top of this dialog, change the Configuration menu to All Configurations so that we modify both the debug and release configurations at the same time.
- Under Configuration Properties, go to VC++ Directories and adjust the Include Directories to include to the PARENT directory for where the following relative paths can be resolved. Use the drop down menu on the right to edit it and hit Apply to save your changes when done.
  1. <xlkit/xlkit.hpp> (from xlkit library)
  2. <boost/config.hpp> (from boost library)
  3. <xlcall.h> (from Excel XLL Software Development Kit)
- Under the Configuration Properties > Build Events > Post-Build Event page, enter this command and then hit Apply to save your changes:
  copy /Y "$(TargetDir)$(ProjectName).dll" "$(SolutionDir)\$(ProjectName).xll"
Now change the Configuration menu at the top to Debug only and modify the command line so that the debug XLL is set to a different name, eg.
copy /Y "$(TargetDir)$(ProjectName).dll" "$(SolutionDir)\$(ProjectName)_debug.xll"

Once you've compiled the XLL, you need to tell Excel to load it from the Add-In Manager.