Have questions or feedback about Office VBA or this documentation? Please see Office VBA support and feedback for guidance about the ways you can receive support and provide feedback. Each function corresponds to an action that you can perform interactively, through the Solver Parameters, Solver Options, and Solver Results dialog boxes of the Solver add-in. The following functions can be used to control the Solver add-in from VBA. If Solver does not appear under Available References, click Browse, and then open Solver.xlam in the \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office14\Library\SOLVER subfolder. In the Visual Basic Editor, with a module active, click References on the Tools menu, and then select Solver under Available References. In the Add-Ins dialog box, select Solver Add-in, and then click OK.Īfter you have enabled the Solver add-in, Excel will auto-install the Add-in if it is not already installed, and the Solver command will be added to the Analysis group on the Data tab in the ribbon.īefore you can use the Solver VBA functions in the Visual Basic Editor, you must establish a reference to the Solver add-in. In the Manage drop-down box, select Excel Add-ins, and then click Go. In the Excel Options dialog box, click Add-Ins. OpenSolver relies on open source solvers developed by COIN-OR please consider donating to COIN-OR.Before you can use the Solver VBA functions from VBA, you must enable the Solver add-in in the Excel Options dialog box.Ĭlick the File tab, and then click Options below the Excel tab.For disabling a certain add-in, please uncheck the box before the add-in name. For enabling a certain add-in, please check the box before the add-in name 2).
If using Excel for Mac 2016, follow the instructions further down the page to set up the solvers Then a COM Add-Ins dialog box pops up, all the Add-ins for Outlook are displayed into the list box: 1).The OpenSolver commands will then appear under Excel’s Data tab on Windows, or in the Menu Bar on a Mac.I tried to follow any of the steps suggested in the various threads, however none of them worked. You can click Trust all from Publisher if you do not want to be shown the Excel Security Notice again. Hi guys, I upgraded excel to 64-bit however the solver add-in does not seem to be compatible. Click Browse, and then locate the InchCalc.xla add-in file that you downloaded above. In the Manage box, click Excel Add-ins, and then click Go. If asked in an Excel Security Notice, give Excel permissions to enable the OpenSolver macros. Click the Microsoft Office Button, and then click Excel Options.There may then be a small wait as Excel checks the digital signature on the OpenSolver code. (All files and sub-folders, including OpenSolver.xlam, must stay together please do not move any files or folders out of the unzipped OpenSolver folder.) OpenSolver on Windows may not work if installed to an unmapped directory such as servermyfiles or one that contains unicode characters. Extract the files to a convenient location.
(This step is a new requirement following a July 2016 update to Excel.) If you don’t see this button (or an equivalent checkbox), you can skip this step. Right click the downloaded zip file, choose Properties, and click the “Unblock” button or checkbox.You can also try out our experimental Advanced Non-linear OpenSolver for Windows (also available for Mac) for access to non-linear solvers.