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1. Data types that include arrays of sequences are not supported No data will be shown for such fields For example this is not supported struct MyType sequence lt long gt mySegArray 100 Fz A workaround for the above code is struct MySeq sequence lt long gt mySeq struct MyType MySeq mySeqArray 100 he RTI Issue ID XLSPLG 8 Known Issues 5 5 5 6 Toolbar not Removed During Uninstallation After uninstalling Spreadsheet Add in for Microsoft Excel the toolbar remains in the Add Ins tab You may remove it manually For example if you have Excel 2010 or 2013 1 From Excel s File tab select Options Add ins 2 Next to Manage select COM Add ins then click Go 3 Select RTI Spreadsheet Addin for Microsoft Excel then click Remove RTI Issue ID XLSPLG 4 Add in can Only Publish Subscribe to Same Version of an Extensible Type When using the XML type feature the add in can only publish subscribe to the same version of an extensible type For example you cannot publish ShapeType and subscribe to ShapeTypeEx tended Only one type version of the XML type can be used per Excel instance The XML type feature is described in Section 2 8 of the User s Manual RTI Issue ID EDDY 1209
2. RII Spreadsheet Add in for Microsoft Excel Release Notes Version 5 2 0 f t Your systems Working as one 2015 Real Time Innovations Inc All rights reserved Printed in U S A First printing June 2015 Trademarks Real Time Innovations RTI NDDS RTI Data Distribution Service DataBus Connext Micro DDS the RTI logo 1RTI and the phrase Your Systems Working as one are pe trademarks trademarks or service marks of Real Time Innovations Inc All other trademarks belong to their respective owners Copy and Use Restrictions No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form including electronic mechanical photocopy and facsimile without the prior written permission of Real Time Innovations Inc The software described in this document is furnished under and subject to the RTI software license agreement The software may be used or copied only under the terms of the license agreement Technical Support Real Time Innovations Inc 232 E Java Drive Sunnyvale CA 94089 Phone 408 990 7444 Email support rti com Website https support rti com Release Notes 2 1 Supported Platforms This release is compatible with 32 bit Microsoft Office Excel 2013 and 2010 on all Windows architectures listed in the RTI Connext DDS Core Libraries Release Notes It is not compatible with 64 bit versions of Excel The installer requires Microsoft NE
3. T Framework 3 0 or higher If you do not already have it the installer will open a browser window so you can download the latest version Compatibility RTI Spreadsheet Add in for Microsoft Excel is an optional product designed for use with RTI Con next DDS with the same version number RTI Spreadsheet Add in for Microsoft Excel is not compatible with applications built with RTI Data Distribution Service 4 5e and earlier releases when communicating over shared memory For more information please see the Transport Compatibility section in the RTI Connext DDS Core Libraries Release Notes In Connext DDS 5 1 0 the default message size max for the UDPv4 UDPv6 TCP Secure WAN and shared memory transports changed to provide better out of the box performance RTI Spreadsheet Add in for Microsoft Excel 5 1 0 and higher also uses the new default value for message size max Consequently RTI Spreadsheet Add in for Microsoft Excel 5 1 0 and higher is not out of the box com patible with applications running older versions of Connext DDS or RTI Data Distribution Service Please see the RTI Connext DDS Core Libraries Release Notes for instructions on how to resolve this compatibility issue with older Connext DDS and RTI Data Distribution Service applications Backwards Compatibility with Spreadsheets from Version 4 x If you are upgrading from a previous release and you have Excel files that use the RTD function to subscribe to data you must
4. a workbook from the Excel entries in the Windows Start menu s Recent workbooks the action taken by Excel is to open Excel and then open the workbook If this workbook has a configuration sheet stating that AutoStartDDS should be false no then Excel will have ignored this and will have auto started DDS taking into account the INI file This is expected because the INI file was set to auto start RTI Issue ID XLSPLG 75 Known Issues Spreadsheet Add in does not Detect Changes to RTI Workspace Location Connext DDS includes a script named rticommon config rticommon config bat on Windows systems rticommon config sh on UNIX based platforms This script allows you to change the default directory where the RTI workspace will be created Spreadsheet Add in won t detect changes to the values in this file and will continue to use the default workspace folder RTI Issue ID XLSPLG 116 Spreadsheet Add in Appears Unresponsive in Excel 2013 When using Spreadsheet Add in with Excel 2013 you may find that the Add in bar looks unre sponsive This may be caused by have several workbooks open at the same time If you look at the workbook that was opened first you will see Spreadsheet Add in responding as expected This is due to a change in Microsoft Excel policy regarding process and thread management Known Issues 5 3 5 4 To open several workbooks and have Spreadsheet Add in be responsive in all of them you will need to manua
5. lly force each workbook to be run in individual instances of Excel 2013 There are two ways to open individual instances of Excel from the taskbar or desktop icon or from a com mand prompt To open individual instances of Excel using the taskbar or desktop icon 1 Right click the Excel 2013 icon on your desktop or taskbar keeping the ALT key pressed 2 Without releasing the ALT key click on the Microsoft Excel 2013 option from the con text menu 3 You will see a prompt asking if you want to open Excel as a new instance Choose YES 4 Once the new Excel instance is up and running open an existing workbook or create a new one 5 Repeat these steps for each workbook you need To open individual instances of Excel from a command prompt 1 From the command prompt run EXCEL X amp The X option forces the creation of a new instance 2 Once the new Excel instance is up and running open an existing workbook or create a new one 3 Repeat these steps for each workbook you need RTI Issue ID DIABLO 654 Topics of Data Types with Bit Fields not Supported Spreadsheet Add in cannot communicate with DataReaders or DataWriters of Topics with a data type that includes bit fields You may see the following message but Spreadsheet Add in will con tinue to work normally otherwise DDS DynamicDataTypeSupport initialize type not supported bitfield member RTI Issue ID CORE 3949 Arrays of Sequences not Supported
6. make a small change This function has a new required parameter that specifies a type version name RTD DDS2Excel Connect TYPE lt type name gt TOPIC lt topic_name gt TYPENAME lt type version name gt FIELD lt field namel KEY field name2 value2 KEY field name3 gt lt value3 gt MANUAL lt sheet_name gt What s New in 5 2 0 4 2 5 2 For more information see Appendix B in the User s Manual What s New in 5 2 0 Ability to Provide Type Definitions in XML You can select the type to be published or subscribed to via an XML type definition This can be useful when you want to be perfectly sure about which version of an extensible type the add in will use It is also handy to be able to publish or subscribe without having to wait for discovery to happen For details see Section 2 8 in the User s Manual What s Fixed in 5 2 0 Spreadsheet Add in Failed to Publish Type Containing Unions RTI Spreadsheet Add in failed to publish types that contained unions This problem has been reo slved The way unions are published and union discriminator values is set has also changed including more flexibility See Section 2 5 2 1 in the User s Manual for more information Auto Start DDS Function The auto start function did not work correctly It did not take into account the value set in the Add in INI file Note When the INI file sets AutoStartDDS to true yes and when opening

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