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This article and accompanying code samples address how to build .NET applications that run Excel calculations on a Windows HPC 2008 R2 cluster.

• Note: Article and samples were updated for the RC release of Windows HPC 2008 R2. For more information about updating Excel solutions from Beta 2 to RC, see the Excel Workbook Offloading Beta Transition Guide.
  
  HPC Services for Excel supports a number of programming models for developing and running Excel calculations on a Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 cluster. To help distribute independent units of calculation onto a cluster and merge the results into the workbook, HPC Services for Excel provides a framework which allows VBA macros to define how calculations are to be partitioned and their results merged. Additional .NET APIs allow implementation of more complex calculation patterns.
  
  In this article, we’ll build a stand-alone .NET application which runs an example securities pricing workbook on a Windows HPC 2008 R2 cluster. The example in this article uses Excel Automation to launch and control an Excel process. If you’re not familiar with Excel Automation or controlling Excel from C#, we’ll walk through the development steps.
  
  The associated zip file includes:
  
  • Sample solutions for Visual Studio 2008 and Visual Studio 2010
  • Microsoft.Hpc.Excel.dll
  • A sample securities pricing workbook
  
  
  Note: The workbook contain macros. When you open the workbook, you may see a security warning indicating that the macros have been disabled. You can enable the macros by clicking "Enable Content".
  
  Note: Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose.
  
  

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BuildingHPCExcelCalculationApplications.docx SHA1: fd7d952bda3992951851c62dac99cc630df6a7ff	154 KB
BuildingHPCExcelCalculationApplications.zip SHA1: 04aaee377517038169de0fb75b6d7fd6d0d83183	97 KB

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