Determining Which DLLs Are Registered (108002)

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel, to determine which DLLs are registered, you can do either of the following:

• Click "About Microsoft Excel" on the Help menu to display a list of all DLLs currently registered on your system.
  
  NOTE: Microsoft System Info is a Setup option. If it is not available on your system, rerun Setup, click Complete/Custom, select the Tools option, and select the System Information Checking option. -or-
  
  
• Use a Visual Basic statement to return a list of all the DLLs and XLLs that provide functions registered in Microsoft Excel.

Using Microsoft System Info to Display a List of Registered DLLs

1. On the Help menu, click About Microsoft Excel.
2. Click System Info.
3. In the list of categories, click System DLLs.

The Microsoft System Info dialog box displays a list of all registered DLLs, indicating the DLL file name, version, date, size in bytes, and displays the word "Yes" next to each DLL that is currently in memory.

Using a Visual Basic Procedure

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The following sample macro creates a three-column array of all registered functions in Microsoft Excel, where column 1 displays the name of the DLL or code resource; column 2 displays the name of the procedure in the DLL or code resource; and column 3 displays strings specifying the data types of the return values, and the number and data types of the arguments:

Sub GenerateDLLList()
   theArray = Application.RegisteredFunctions
      If IsNull(theArray) Then
         MsgBox "No registered functions"
      Else
      Cells(1, 1).Value = "DLL Name"
      Cells(1, 2).Value = "Procedure Name"
      Cells(1, 3).Value = "Data Type Returned"
      For i = 1 To UBound(theArray)
         For j = 1 To 3
            Cells(i + 1, j).Formula = theArray(i, j)
         Next j
      Next i
   End If
End Sub
				

If you need to generate a list of all DLLs on your system, not just the ones used by Microsoft Excel, use the following code to export the System Info information (see above) to a text file named Msinfo.txt, saved to your \Windows folder:

   Application.SendKeys "%h"
   Application.SendKeys "a"
   Application.SendKeys "%s"
   Application.SendKeys "%s"
   Application.SendKeys "{ESC}"
   Application.SendKeys "{ESC}"
   Application.SendKeys "{ESC}"
				

After saving Msinfo.txt, your macro can then open the file and access the DLL registration information contained in Column A, under the System DLLs heading.