| title | Step 1 Creating a Project and Adding a UDF Reference |
|---|---|
| description | In this step, you will create a project and add a reference to Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.Udf.dll. |
| ms.date | 09/25/2017 |
| ms.assetid | 4c6f1279-28df-45af-8488-42a6573d526d |
| ms.localizationpriority | medium |
In this step, you will create a project and add a reference to Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.Udf.dll.
The following project uses Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
Note
Depending on which settings you use in the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE), the process to create a project could be slightly different.
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Start Visual Studio.
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On the File menu, point to New, and then click Project. The New Project dialog box appears.
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In the Project Type pane, select Visual C# Projects.
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In the Templates pane, click Class Library.
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In the Name box, type SampleUdf.
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In the Location box, type the path where you want to save your project, or click Browse to navigate to the folder.
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Click OK. Your new project appears in Solution Explorer. You also will see that a file with the default name of Class1.cs has been added to your project.
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You should see the following code in the Class1.cs file:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
namespace SampleUdf
{
public class Class1
{
}
}
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Text
Namespace SampleUdf
Public Class Class1
End Class
End NamespaceThe following steps show how to locate Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.Udf.dll and how to add a reference to it.
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On the Project menu, click Add Reference.
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In the Add Reference dialog box, on the .NET tab, select Excel Services UDF Framework.
[!NOTE] You can also open the Add Reference dialog box in Solution Explorer by right-clicking References and selecting Add Reference.
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Click OK.
[!NOTE] The previous steps assume that you are building the project on a computer that has Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 installed. On the computer where you have installed SharePoint Server 2010, you can find a copy of Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.Udf.dll at: > [drive:]\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\14\ISAPI