General Guidelines

This section contains information related to Excel Web Services, user-defined functions (UDFs), and the Excel Web Access Web Part.

In This Section

• Excel Services Alerts
  Learn about the types of alerts that Excel Web Services exposes for errors that occur in the Web service and that are returned by Excel Calculation Services.

• Excel Services Known Issues and Tips
  Get a list of known issues and tips for working with Excel Services.

• Excel Services Best Practices
  Learn about best practices for mitigating threats, and working with Excel Services user-defined functions.

• Excel Services Glossary
  Find definitions for commonly used Excel Services terms.

• How to: Trust a Location
  Find out how to trust a location by using the SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration page.

• How to: Trust Workbook Locations Using Script
  Learn how to add a URL or site to the trusted location list by using a batch file.

• How to: Save from Excel Client to the Server
  Follow these steps to create a workbook with editable ranges and save the workbook to a SharePoint document library that is a trusted location.

• How to: Save to the Server to Prepare for Programmatic Access
  Get a workbook ready for programmatic access by creating named ranges and saving it to a trusted SharePoint library location.

• How to: Catch Exceptions
  Learn about type-specific and general catch blocks, and see examples of each.

Reference

• Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.Udf
  Excel Services UDF attributes.

• Microsoft.Office.Excel.Server.WebServices
  The Excel Web Services API.

• Microsoft.Office.Excel.WebUI
  The Excel Web Access Web Part object model.