Microsoft Office

2.26.0602.1424

Release date: 02.06.2026

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Nested objects in the data displayed by IOXL_ReadRTDCache() are now flattened so that all values spill into the neighboring cells.

2.26.0602.1340

Release date: 02.06.2026

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• IOXL_ReadRTDCache() now returns dynamic arrays that spill into the neighboring cells. Objects are displayed as key-value pairs and arrays of objects are displayed as tables with headers.

2.26.0505.1348

Release date: 05.05.2026

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• The activate() method now selects the specified range.
• Fixed an issue where IOXL_BindRegion() sent data to all bound ranges intersecting the selection. Now only the range containing the first selected cell is used.

2.26.0501.1041

Release date: 01.05.2026

New Features

• Added the $$0 placeholder for the jsonTemplate argument of IOXL_BindRegion().

2.26.0422.1420

Release date: 22.04.2026

New Features

• Added the $0 placeholder and the $$1, $$2, etc. placeholders for inserting raw JSON values in the jsonTemplate argument of IOXL_BindRegion().

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where IOXL_BindRegion() sent invalid data when the jsonTemplate argument wasn't specified.

2.26.0421.1910

Release date: 21.04.2026

New Features

• Added the jsonTemplate and methodTargetType arguments to IOXL_BindRegion().

2.26.0420.1741

Release date: 20.04.2026

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• The "Status" button in the interop.io ribbon tab now shows the connection state of the Excel Adapter.
• The "Switch Instance" button in the interop.io ribbon tab now asks for confirmation before switching to another io.Connect Desktop instance.
• Fixed issues related to closing Excel.

2.26.0331.1210

Release date: 31.03.2026

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Major version update. No functional changes.

1.26.0331.1016

Release date: 31.03.2026

New Features

• Added the find() method.

1.26.0324.1646

Release date: 24.03.2026

New Features

• Added the updateOleObject() method.

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Increased the default timeout for Excel API operations to 20 seconds.

1.26.0324.1331

Release date: 24.03.2026

New Features

• Added the getOleObjectsInfo() and getShapesInfo() methods.

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where io.Connect UDFs with the same arguments in different cells interfered with each other.

1.26.0320.1751

Release date: 20.03.2026

New Features

• Added custom UDFs which can be defined in the Excel service configuration or registered at runtime via the registerUDF() method.

1.26.0319.1542

Release date: 19.03.2026

New Features

• Each action of a notification raised with IOXL_RaiseNotification() can now have its own data.

1.26.0319.1205

Release date: 19.03.2026

New Features

• Added the IOXL_RaiseNotification() UDF.
• Added the "volatile-udfs" property of the Excel Adapter settings for registering volatile versions of the io.Connect UDFs.

1.26.0318.1218

Release date: 18.03.2026

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue related to installing the Excel Adapter as a platform component.

1.26.0316.2006

Release date: 16.03.2026

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• The _uninstall_gluexl.cmd script now removes all registry entries created during the installation.

1.26.0306.1340

Release date: 06.03.2026

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue related to the _install_gluexl.cmd script.

1.26.0218.1523

Release date: 18.02.2026

New Features

• Added the createWorksheet(), deleteTable(), deleteTableRows(), findReplace(), getActiveContext(), getUsedRange(), listTables(), listWorkbooks(), listWorksheets(), renameWorksheet(), and sortRange() methods.

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• The listMacros() method now returns the parameters of the macros.

1.26.0217.1727

Release date: 17.02.2026

New Features

• Added the listMacros() method.

1.26.0216.1900

Release date: 16.02.2026

New Features

• Added the runMacro() method.

1.26.0216.1300

Release date: 16.02.2026

New Features

• The Excel Adapter is now available as a platform component that can be installed via the io.Connect seed project.

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Improved the status panel opened from the "Status" button in the interop.io ribbon tab.

1.11.1204.1500

Release date: 27.01.2026

New Features

• Added the "WebView" UI element for custom task panes.

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Existing custom task panes can now be updated.
• Fixed an issue related to the titles of custom task panes.

1.11.1125.1752

Release date: 25.11.2025

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Improved logging.
• Fixed a memory leak related to the custom task panes defined in the Excel service configuration.

1.11.1113.1752

Release date: 13.11.2025

New Features

• Added the "box" and "buttonGroup" ribbon object types for custom ribbon tabs.

1.11.1106.1715

Release date: 06.11.2025

New Features

• Added the "Logs" button to the interop.io ribbon tab for viewing the Excel Adapter log.
• The status panel now shows the paths to the configuration files.

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where the "targetType" property of the callback settings was ignored.
• Fixed issues related to detecting closed workbooks and windows.

1.11.1016.1755

Release date: 16.10.2025

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• The names of all io.Connect UDFs now start with the IOXL_ prefix.

1.11.0.0

Release date: 08.10.2025

New Features

• Added support for Interop streams - the IOXL_CreateStream() UDF and the "Stream" target type.
• Added the "ioxl_invoke_target_await" property of the Excel Adapter settings.

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• The io.Connect UDFs have been renamed to use a common prefix.
• The default ioxl2_config.json file now sets the prefix for the Interop methods registered by the Excel Adapter to "IO.XL.".
• Improved error handling for the io.Connect UDFs.

1.10.0.0

Release date: 10.09.2025

New Features

• Added the Excel service configuration, which can also be loaded from app preferences.
• Added custom task panes - the createOrUpdateCTP() and destroyCTP() methods.
• Added keyboard shortcuts - the registerCallbackShortcut() and unregisterCallbackShortcut() methods.
• Added search providers - the registerSearchProvider() and unregisterSearchProvider() methods and the IOXL_RegisterSearchProvider() UDF.
• Added custom ribbon tabs and ribbon attribute overrides.
• Added the activate(), createPivotTable(), destroyRibbonMenu(), linkToCSV(), merge(), refreshTable(), setRangeFormat(), and unmerge() methods.
• Added UDFs for sending data to Channels, shared contexts, and Interop methods, for binding ranges to Channels, shared contexts, and Interop methods, and for reading cached data.
• Added the selectionLimit property of the callback settings.
• If you don't specify a workbook or a worksheet in the Excel API methods, the active ones are now used.

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where custom task panes weren't displayed in Excel windows without open workbooks.

1.9.0.0

Release date: 28.06.2024

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Improved error handling.
• Updated dependencies.

1.8.0.0

Release date: 22.04.2024

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Updated dependencies.

1.7.0.0

Release date: 13.02.2024

New Features

• Added the interop.io ribbon tab and ribbon menus - the createDynamicRibbonMenu() method.
• Added the applyStyles(), clearComments(), clearContents(), createTable(), createWorkbook(), describeTableColumns(), openWorkbook(), readTableRows(), saveAs(), subscribeDeltas(), updateTableColumns(), writeComment(), and writeTableRows() methods.
• Added a UDF for adding context menus that invoke Interop methods to Excel ranges.
• Added the "disable-ribbon" property of the Excel Adapter settings.

1.6.0.0

Release date: 31.05.2021

New Features

• Added the read(), readRef(), write(), and writeRef() methods.

1.2.0.0

Release date: 27.05.2021

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• The same Interop method can now be registered from multiple cells.
• The Excel Adapter now targets .NET Framework 4.8.

1.1.0.0

Release date: 19.05.2021

New Features

• Added the option to add items to the Excel cell context menu.
• Ranges bound to Channels can now send data when the user selects or right-clicks a row.

1.0.0.0

Release date: 01.03.2021

New Features

• Initial release of the Excel Adapter with UDFs for reading data from Channels, updating Channels, subscribing to Interop streams, registering and invoking Interop methods, and binding ranges to Channels.