add-in distribution

[Luigi Ballabio]

Eric,
        on the Wilmott forums I keep coming across Excel users that cannot
wrap their head around compiling the add-in and prerequisites. Given
that they're a different target than C++ developers, I would consider
providing a compiled binary of the Excel add-in besides the sources. Of
course all prerequisites should be statically linked in. Do you think
it feasible?

Thanks,
        Luigi

[eric ehlers]

Hi Luigi,

Already done!  The prerelease tarballs -
http://quantlib.org/prerelease/oh-qla.html - include a binary release
of QuantLibAddin, into which all of the prerequisites - QuantLib,
ObjectHandler, log4cxx, and the MS runtime - are statically linked.

The installation docs have been updated accordingly and I plan to
mention the change in the announcement email.

Regards,
Eric

On 3/19/06, Luigi Ballabio <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> Eric,
>         on the Wilmott forums I keep coming across Excel users that cannot
> wrap their head around compiling the add-in and prerequisites. Given
> that they're a different target than C++ developers, I would consider
> providing a compiled binary of the Excel add-in besides the sources. Of
> course all prerequisites should be statically linked in. Do you think
> it feasible?
>
> Thanks,
>         Luigi
>
>

[Luigi Ballabio]

On 03/19/2006 02:27:24 PM, eric ehlers wrote:
> Already done!  The prerelease tarballs -
> http://quantlib.org/prerelease/oh-qla.html - include a binary release
> of QuantLibAddin, into which all of the prerequisites - QuantLib,
> ObjectHandler, log4cxx, and the MS runtime - are statically linked.

Great, thanks.

Luigi


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