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Check Status of EIKON Plugin

Hi - have dig through the web but did not find an satisfactory answer. I have a macro-enabled eikon template which calls a few of other procedures I do have in modules. I need to make sure EIKON is connected in EXCEL before calling these procedures otherwise the tool gets stucked and freezes. Is there a simple way to check the EIKON status and prompt e.g. a msgBox reminding the user to please connect? Found a few posts but they just do not work.

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Please see the tutorial for Eikon Excel Synchronization Manager COM library, which provides information about the current state of Eikon Excel add-in, including the connection state.

Before using Eikon Excel Synchronization Manager library it is advisory to check whether Eikon Excel COM add-in is loaded into the session of Excel, which is a prerequisite for using any Eikon COM APIs in Excel. For an example of how to check if Eikon Excel COM add-in is loaded into Excel session see this thread.

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Thanks for the kind response I do get a error following the link provided:

Resource at '/content/devportal/en_us/401.html' not found: No resource found


The link is correct. The problem is likely with your browser. Try another browser or try clearing cookies (or use incognito mode). Here's the link to a post from another user who experienced similar issue and was able to resolve it.

This is helpful. Thank you! It means, when i add this to my project / workbook referencing the PLSynchronizationMgrLib.SynchronizationMgr, anyone else who will open the file will automatically have this functions loaded in his excel. Meaning, when distributing my tool/template there is no need for others to instal/reference the syncronisation libary manually (?)


IGNORE: I get the error message "Error in loading DLL" (SORTED: Had to close the sample file before loading the DLL into my own project)


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