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Use VBA add-ins and macros that you developed for Office for Windows with Office for Mac. Applies to: Excel for Mac PowerPoint for Mac Word for Mac Office 2016 for Mac. If you are authoring Macros for Office for Mac, you can use most of the same objects that are available in VBA for Office. After reading all the great things about Microsoft Excel for Mac 2011 that were written before its release, I decided to purchase a copy. My primary goal was to have an Excel version on my MacBook Pro that allowed VBA macros, however the full Office software suite seemed to be a really great value. I notice that in Mac Excel, the Preview button (within the File-Print menu) is separated out from the rest of the print function (as is the PDF function), and that it appears to invoke the native Mac Preview Application. But surely there must be a way to run it from within VBA?! It also exists within the Print section of the Layout Ribbon.

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I own a copy of Mr. Excel's textbook 'VBA and Macros: Microsoft Excel 2010,' but I could not find an answer there!! Other solutions that I found online either involve Windows API, which the Mr. Excel textbook says only works on windows. Likewise, using some sort of Environ('username') function also does not work on a Mac, I'm told. I found an entry called “How do I issue an HTTP GET from Excel VBA for Mac 2011” (See it here) and it has exactly what we need. Navigation in Excel on Mac is just a little bit different so here are steps by step instructions: 1. Open an Excel file or create a new one. Save as “Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (.xlsm)” file.

Mac Excel 2011 vs 2016

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    Microsoft Excel is used by millions and has evolved for decades. There are two major releases of Excel for macOS computers that support VBA. Both can be used as a development platform for protected, licensed applications.
    • Mac Excel 2011 introduced VBA support to Mac. In many ways, it is most similar to the Excel environment running on Windows. It supports most Excel workbook features and VBA code can access the macOS file system using Carbon style file paths.
    • Mac Excel 2016 is a 'sandboxed' edition of Excel. Although some Excel workbook features have been modernized, in some ways it has been a setback for developers that use Excel as an application development platform. VBA now uses Cocoa style file paths. Since Excel runs in a sandbox, VBA functions need users to grant permission when reading and writing files to share data with other applications.
    AppProtect and QuickLicense can generate a Mac APP file that works with either Mac Excel 2011 or 2016 using the popular Encrypted XLSM Approach.

    QuickLicense also supports the VBA Bound License approach. With this approach, a few extra steps are needed during the install process (or handled by an included Setup program) to prevent excessive Grant Permission requests in the user experience. OfficeProtect user documentation describes how to handle this.

    Instruct the user to enable Macros in the Preferences dialog before running your application.
    • Mac Excel 2011 - Open the Preferences dialog from the File menu, then click to see the Security panel. Clear the Warn before opening checkbox.
    • Mac Excel 2016 - Open the Preferences dialog from the Excel menu, then click the Security & Privacy panel. Select the Enable all macros radio button.

Office 365 Bug

    Mac Excel 2016 and later versions are included with an Office 365 subscription. In late 2018, a VBA related bug was introduced in Excel. The bug causes a fatal exception when running some VBA commands. This affects protected applications built from Excel using OfficeProtect 3.0.4 and earlier and some unprotected workbooks that use VBA.

    QuickLicense 9.0.3 and OfficeProtect 4.0 on macOS introduced an effective work-around to this Excel bug as described below.

    The bug is known to occur in version 16.16.x and not occur in older versions like 16.12. Microsoft indicated that they are aware of the problem and working on a solution. Microsoft recommends installing an older version of Excel.

    Here is the link to install a known working edition of Mac Excel if you have Office 365:

    Before installing, you’ll need to drag your Excel app from the Applications folder to the trash and empty the trash. If you have a launch icon in the Dock, remove that too.

    After installing, Excel will likely hang up the first time you run it. Now force quit Excel from the Finder menu. Run Excel again and it should work fine thereafter.

    Disable Microsoft Auto-Update

    When running an Excel workbook, users must be extremely vigilant to avoid the periodic notifications and popup requests to upgrade Excel. Otherwise, the user will unknowingly install the buggy version of Excel again. That starts a long process to restore a stable Excel environment.

    Click the Check for Updates button displayed in a workbook to present the Microsoft AutoUpdate screen. Make sure the Manually Check radio button is selected.

Office 365 Bug Workaround

    OfficeProtect 4.0 and QuickLicense 9.0.3 on macOS introduced an effective work-around to this Excel VBA bug. The bug fix consists of enhancements to the VBA code that is pasted into a workbook to prepare it for wrapping into an APP file with AddLicense. The AddLicense runtime software also contributes to that bug fix. Although the Excel VBA bug still exists as of late 2019, uses of newly created workbook applications should not be affected.

    Developers using a VBA Bound License will also want to use the enhanced VBA code provided with OfficeProtect 4.0. To support Mac Catalina, a new 64-bit SetupExcelSandbox app is included with OfficeProtect 4.0.

Mac users can now use Analytic Solver Cloud with Excel for Mac.

(for Excel 2008 Click Here)

Below are answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Solver for Excel 2011 for Mac.

How is Solver for Excel 2011 different from Solver for Excel 2008?

IMPORTANT: Starting with Excel 2011 Service Pack 1 (Version 14.1.0), Solver is once again bundled with Microsoft Excel for Mac. You do not have to download and install Solver from this site -- simply ensure that you have the latest update of Excel 2011 (use Help - Check for Updates on the Excel menu).

Solver is substantially improved in Excel 2011, compared to Solver for Excel 2008. Its new features include an Evolutionary Solver, based on genetic algorithms, new multistart methods for global optimization using the GRG Nonlinear Solver, a new type of constraint called 'alldifferent,' and new reports. Its performance is greatly improved, especially on linear problems with integer constraints.

Solver for Excel 2011 for Mac matches the functionality and user interface of Solver for Excel 2010 for Windows. Excel workbooks containing Solver models and VBA macros controlling Solver can be created in Windows and used on the Mac, and vice versa.

How does this new Solver work with Excel 2011?

Solver's user interface is now written in VBA. Solver uses Apple's new Scripting Bridge technology to 'talk to' Excel when you are solving a problem. The Solver computational engine runs as a separate application outside Excel, rather than as an add-in inside Excel.

Who do I contact if I need technical support for Solver?

You can contact Frontline Systems at support@solver.com, or by phone at 775-831-0300 during normal business hours, Pacific time (GMT-7). Since this Solver is a free download, please understand that we're here to help, but our commercial (paying) customers come first.

What about my Solver models created in Excel 2008 or earlier -- will they work?

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Yes, they should work without any changes. If you open a workbook with a Solver model that you created in Excel 2008 or Excel 2004, your model should automatically appear in the Solver Parameters dialog -- you can just click Solve.

I need to use Solver in a course, or with a textbook that uses Solver -- will I be OK?

Yes -- you can open course or textbook example Excel workbooks containing Solver models and use them as-is, whether they were created in Excel 2003 or 2004, Excel 2007 or 2008, or Excel 2010 or 2011.

Only the newest editions of certain textbooks include screen shots of the Solver dialogs as seen in Excel 2010 and Excel 2011. But if your textbook has screen shots of the older Solver dialogs, you should be able to relate them to the new dialogs fairly easily.

What is Premium Solver for Education? Is it available for Excel 2011?

Premium Solver for Education is a compatible upgrade for the standard Excel Solver for Windows that has been bundled with more than 35 textbooks, often used in MBA programs. It is not available for the Mac, but you can use Solver for Excel 2011 for Mac to open and solve models in workbooks created with Premium Solver for Education.

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Does Frontline Systems offer any other software products for the Macintosh?

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We've been working throughout 2009-2010 to bring you new and more powerful products for optimization and simulation on the Mac. If you'd like to know more, contact us or watch Solver.com for some near-term exciting news!

Of course, you can use Frontline's software for Windows on your Mac if you have Parallels, VMWare Fusion, or a dual-boot setup and you have Windows installed (XP, Vista and Win7 are all fine).

Solver as a Separate Application

If Solver uses VBA, why does it run as a separate application?

VBA is back in Excel 2011, and Solver uses VBA for its user interface -- the Solver Parameters dialog, Solver Options dialog, Solver Results and other dialogs. But the C API not available in Excel 2011. So the Solver computational engine (which is written in C++) runs as a separate application.

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How does the Solver engine talk to Excel, if it runs as a separate application?

Solver uses Apple's new Scripting Bridge technology to 'talk to' Excel. Excel 2011 exposes an object model through Scripting Bridge, that Solver can access. Scripting Bridge is generally faster than AppleScript. But since it crosses process boundaries, it cannot be as fast as a computational add-in running inside the Excel process.

What are the consequences of Solver running as a separate application?

The most important consequence is that it's possible -- but certainly not advisable -- to make changes in Excel or your workbook while the Solver engine is solving your problem. Because Solver is trying to talk to Excel at the same time, the results will be unpredictable -- including crashes in Solver or Excel.

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The important message is: Don't make changes yourself in Excel or your workbook while Solver is solving.