At the Build 2018 developer conference that's taking place these days in Seattle, USA, Microsoft announced support for custom JavaScript functions in Excel. What this means is that Excel users will be ...

an Excel JavaScript add-in, responsible for a web-based custom task pane, an Excel-DNA add-in, responsible for native ribbon callbacks and UI Automation-based control of the JavaScript add-in UI. The ...

This sample shows how to create a synchronous custom function that reads a cell value in tandem with Excel calculation processes. You'll learn how to: Create synchronous custom functions in Excel Use ...

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Well, that didn’t take long. A few minutes after writing about the potential risks that might be introduced by Microsoft announcing JavaScript support in Excel custom functions, I wondered out loud ...