UK Excel Developer Conference - Monday 12 July 2010 - London
[Note due to venue constraints places are strictly limited - its an overused tired old sales pitch, but 'book early to avoid disappointment'] book here
Time |
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Topic |
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Presenter |
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| 08:30 - 09:00 |
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Tea, coffee, small talk and any nice biscuits anyone brings |
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all |
| 09:00 - 09:30 |
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Excel development overview and extension options
- Types of developer and development
- Business v technology
- Function Extensions
- Command Extensions
- Data access extensions |
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Simon |
| 09:30 - 10:00 |
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Fast User Defined functions with .net and ExcelDNA |
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Ross |
| 10:00 - 10:15 |
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Questions and answers |
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all |
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
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Tea and Coffee |
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all |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
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The Excel Tool Business over view
- The iPhone effect
- Office Market place
- personal utilities v commercial tools
- Consumer v Business customers |
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Simon |
| 11:00 - 11:30 |
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Technology Considerations for FastExcel
- Development Technology choices (VBA5, VBA6, VBA7, VB6, XLL, .NET)
- the 64-bit problem
- Help & Manuals (Snagit, Doc-to-Help, .CHM, .HLP, PDF)
- Developing an Install/Uninstall package (Wise, Setup Factory, Registry
Keys, Security) |
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Charles |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
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Excel as the window to corporate data
- Relational (Access, SQL Server, Oracle)
- OLAP (Analysis Services, Essbase
- Command refresh v function |
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Simon |
| 12:00 - 12:15 |
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Questions and answers |
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all |
| 12:15 - 13:30 |
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Dinner/Lunch PUB |
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all |
| 13:30 - 14:00 |
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Fast User Defined functions by hand and tool
- Structure of an XLL
- XLL/Excel interaction
- Language choice (and tech choice - .net or not?)
- XLL+
- ManagedXLL
- JetXLL
- XLW
- KALXLL
- Resources |
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Simon |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
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Business Considerations for FastExcel
- Product Overview
- Target Market(s)
- Beta Testing & Customer Feedback
- Marketing & Selling FastExcel, Channels
- Pricing
- Currencies
- National Language Support
- Sales History: 9 years of Results! |
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Charles |
| 14:30 - 14:45 |
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Questions and answers |
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all |
| 14:45 - 15:00 |
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Tea and Coffee |
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all |
| 15:00 - 15:30 |
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Command extensions with VSTO and ADX
- Application level Add-ins
- Workbook customisations
- no code coded Templates
- Limitations
- Corporate deployment
- Independent vendor deployment |
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Simon |
| 15:30 - 16:00 |
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Backoffice Considerations for FastExcel
- Automating Purchasing and Fulfillment
- Support, Bug Fixes, Versioning, Upgrades, Lost License Codes
- Piracy, IP Protection, Licensing
- Volume Discounts, Trial Versions |
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Charles |
| 16:00 - 16:15 |
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Questions and answers |
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all |
| 16:15 - 16:30 |
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Tea and Coffee |
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all |
| 16:30 - 17:00 |
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Panel Q+A |
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all |
| 17:00 - 17:30 |
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Panel - future of Office development |
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all |
| 17:30 - 18:00 |
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Prize giving |
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all |
| 18:00 - late |
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P-U-B |
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Conference Location
- The Skills Matter Exchange
- 116-120 Goswell Road
- London, EC1V 7DP
- Phone +44 (0)207 183 9040
- Link/Map here
Bookings
The Conference Cost is 200 GBP for the full day, and there ins an early bird discount of 50 GBP if the booking is made before Sat 3rd July.
Visit the codematic shop here to book your place now. |
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Upcoming Events:
25 January 2012 - UK Excel Developer Conference - London
Products for sale:
AltFileSearch
New information about the missing FileSearch feature in Office 2007 and details of our pragmatic solution (Current price GBP 30.00)
wsUnprotector
Instant Excel worksheet protection remover and password recovery (Current price GBP 15.00)
Classic Ribbon Tab
Add Excel 97/2000/2002/2003 compatible menu structure to Excel 2007
(Current Price GBP 10.00)
Products coming soon:
Link Manager
(Find and control external links in Excel Workbooks)
Due by Q1 2111.
XLAnalyst Pro
(Excel VBA based spreadsheet auditing tool)
Due before the end of 2111. |
