Installation Instructions

Prerequisites and System Requirements

1. Windows 7 or later
2. Microsoft Excel 2010 or later
3. .Net Framework Requirement
   1. Minimum of 4.7.2 for APIX version 72.0.0.47 and later
   2. Minimum of 4.6 for all prior versions of APIX
4. Visual Studio Tools for Office runtime 2010 (Latest compatible VSTO Runtime version: 10.0.60828.0)
   https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48217
5. No excel instances should be running on the computer during installation or uninstallation of APIX XL.

Installing the Plugin

Please note that the user needs to have Admin rights on the computer

1. Close all instances of Excel
2. Run the installer

The installer can be run in silent mode by running the command as follows:

C:>RF_APIX_XL_Quickstart_72.0.0.XX.exe /quiet

To uninstall:

C:>RF_APIX_XL_Quickstart_72.0.0.XX.exe /quiet /uninstall

Folders used by the Plugin

The plugin uses the following two folders:

1. Installation folder (64 bit): C:\Program Files (x86)\APIX.XL
2. Installation folder (32 bit): C:\Program Files\APIX.XL
3. Data folder: C:\Users\<userid>\AppData\Local\APIX

Registry Keys (Local Machine)

1. Win 64 BIT OFFICE 64 BIT:
    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Excel\Addins\APIX.XL]
   "FriendlyName"="APIX.XL"
   "LoadBehavior"=dword:00000003
   "Manifest"="file:///C:\\Program Files (x86)\\/APIX.XL/APIX.XL.vsto|vstolocal"
   
   
2. Win 64 BIT OFFICE 32 BIT:
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Office\Excel\Addins\APIX.XL]
   "FriendlyName"="APIX.XL"
   "LoadBehavior"=dword:00000003
   "Manifest"="file:///C:\\Program Files (x86)\\/APIX.XL/APIX.XL.vsto|vstolocal
3. Win 32 BIT OFFICE 32 BIT:
   [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Excel\Addins\APIX.XL]
   "FriendlyName"="APIX.XL"
   "LoadBehavior"=dword:00000003
   "Manifest"="file:///C:\\Program Files (x86)\\/APIX.XL/APIX.XL.vsto|vstolocal"

Registry Keys (Current User)

1. Win 64 BIT OFFICE 64 BIT:
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Excel\Addins\APIX.XL]
   "FriendlyName"="APIX.XL"
   "LoadBehavior"=dword:00000003
   "Manifest"="file:///C:\\Program Files (x86)\\/APIX.XL/APIX.XL.vsto|vstolocal"
   
   
2. Win 64 BIT OFFICE 32 BIT:[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Office\Excel\Addins\APIX.XL]
   "FriendlyName"="APIX.XL"
   "LoadBehavior"=dword:00000003
   "Manifest"="file:///C:\\Program Files (x86)\\/APIX.XL/APIX.XL.vsto|vstolocal"
   
   
3. Win 32 BIT OFFICE 32 BIT:
   [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Excel\Addins\APIX.XL]
   "FriendlyName"="APIX.XL"
   "LoadBehavior"=dword:00000003
   "Manifest"="file:///C:\\Program Files (x86)\\/APIX.XL/APIX.XL.vsto|vstolocal"