Is there a way to get IntelliSense in own built COM classes in VBA?
E.g. in the example below I would like to get "Number" showing up, whenever I press on the dot (or ctrl+space for shortcut):
I suppose, if this is somehow resolved, I would also get some info concerning the public functions of the objects here:
Thus, what are the suggestions?
Suggestion 1:
The Ctrl + Space Keyboard Shortcut In the VB Editor, you can begin to type any word, reference, or variable and then press Ctrl + Space to bring up the Intellisense menu.
You can easily turn Intellisense on and off And it says, hey Ctrl + Q followed by Ctrl + I will toggle Intellisense on and off. Whenever you see a comma like this in the middle of a shortcut command that is what's known as a chord.
It is possible for VBA code (which is a COM component) to call C# code. VBA can call . NET managed code by using a COM Callable Wrapper (CCW). To allow your C# code to be accessible from VBA you need to make sure that all the necessary types are COM visible.
Simple example could look like this.
c# class library named
IntellisenseDemo
code
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace IntellisenseDemo
{
[ComVisible(true)]
[Guid("41B3F5BC-A52B-4AED-90A0-F48BC8A391F1")]
[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch)]
public interface IIntellisenseDemo
{
int Number { get; set; }
string TestString(string name);
}
[ComVisible(true)]
[Guid("20EBC3AF-22C6-47CE-B70C-7EBBA12D0A29")]
[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None)]
[ProgId("IntellisenseDemo.Demo")]
public class Demo : IIntellisenseDemo
{
public int Number { get; set; }
public string TestString(string name)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
}
}
Note: [InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch)]
indicates that an interface is exposed to COM as a dispinterface, which enables late binding only.
[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None)]
means the CLR does not expose a class interface for this type. COM clients can call the members of this class using the methods from the IIntellisenseDemo
interface.
regasm
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319>regasm C:\Temp\IntellisenseDemo.dll /tlb: C:\Temp\IntellisenseDemo.tlb
VBA
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