need guidance on excel add-in development

[shashG]

hi all

I am having requirement of sending data from a excel file to backend
server ( written in c++).
where I specially need to send some commands from the excel file to
the server.
I have done a research on this and found that I have to develop a com
server as a bridge between backend server and excel application.

however, I'm newbie to com development (more precisely, to windows
platform development), therefore, I would appreciate if somebody
please guide me achieve this task. Please provide me some getting
start materials.

My requirements are :
1. create a excel menu/button
2. A menu item pop up a user interface through which user would be
able to send commands to the backend server.

Base on my research, I found that I have to develop a COM server in c+
+ (because server send c++ messages), but I also come across words
like ATL, MFC, XLL..and so on. Therefore I'm little confuse as to how
these technologies can be best map to achieve my requirement.

Please provide me a step by step guidance on how these technologies
can be used, then I can focus on my implementation.

I would really appreciate your help

Thank You,

[Brian Muth]

You should be using Visual Studio Tools for Office, and coding in either C#
or VB.NET.

There is a wealth of material online at Microsoft's Office Developer Center
web site.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/default.aspx

I wouldn't do this in C++ at all.

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