XLGL and Office 64 bit

XLGL 4.3 is now available for Excel 64 bit. XLGL always worked on 64 bit computer, but Excel 64 bit could not load it. We’ve made the necessary ajustment to our architecture to solve this.

A single installation package will install on either a 32 bit or 64 bit computer, so you don’t have to worry about downloading the correct update; it’s all the same.

With this new architecture, we also made some change in how the add-ins were registered and loaded in Excel. The result is a more robust registration and less case where XLGL is not loaded properly in Excel.

Some changes need to be mentionned for those of you doing manual registration. The XLGL.XLL file does not exist anymore and is replaced with the adxloader.Logicim.XLGL.dll file. We will update the manual registration process in an upcoming post, but details can be found in the online documentation of XLGL.

Thanks to all of tested this version on 64 bit system. All your feedback is greatly appreciated.

Pierre Alain

Registering XLGL in Excel

For some reason, either after installation or later on, the XLGL menu may not appear in Excel. Actually, the add-in is not loaded at all and it becomes impossible to refresh your report. This can be caused by updates, antivirus/antispyware program and others.

Luckily, fixing this is easy. Here are the steps to take in Excel 2000-2003 and then for Excel 2007.

Excel 2000-2003

1-On the Excel menu, click on Tools, then Add-ins.

2-Mark the checkbox for XLGL and click OK.

Excel 2007

1-Click the Office button. (the big round button in the upper left)

2-Click Excel Options (at the bottom right of the window)

3-Select Add-ins in the left panel.

4-At the bottom of the window, click Go…

5-Mark the checkbox for XLGL and click OK.

In the case where XLGL would not be in the list, click on Browse… and retrieve the XLGL.XLL file from the installation folder. If you did not change it at installation, it will be:

C:\Program Files\Logicim inc.\XLGL\XLGL.XLL