On the way to release 0.2

We are done with the first few steps to our new milestone 0.2 milestone. You can check our release notes to see a list of all new features. As before, if you decide to test Swate in the current state, please take the time to set up a Github account to report your issues and suggestions here.

You can also search existing issues for solutions for your questions and/or discussions about your suggestions.

Here are the necessary steps to use SWATE:

If you use the excel desktop application locally:

- Install node.js LTS (needed for office add-in related tooling)
- Download the release archive (.zip file) below and extract it
- Execute the swate.cmd (windows) or swate.sh (macOS, you will need to make it executable via chmod a+x) script.

If you use Excel in the browser:

- Download the release archive (.zip file) below and extract it
- Launch Excel online, open a (blank) workbook
- Under the Insert tab, select Add-Ins
- Go to Manage my Add-Ins and select Upload my Add-In
- select and upload the manifest.xml file contained in the archive.

Bug-Fixes and a working production

This release marks the completion of the minimal POC milestone. Swate is now up and running on the servers in Tübingen. As before, if you decide to test Swate in state, please take the time to set up a Github account to report your issues and suggestions here.

You can also search existing issues for solutions for your questions and/or discussions about your suggestions.

Here are the necessary steps to use SWATE:

If you use the excel desktop application locally:

- Install node.js LTS (needed for office add-in related tooling)
- Download the release archive (.zip file) below and extract it
- Execute the swate.cmd (windows) or swate.sh (macOS, you will need to make it executable via chmod a+x) script.

If you use Excel in the browser:

- Download the release archive (.zip file) below and extract it
- Launch Excel online, open a (blank) workbook
- Under the Insert tab, select Add-Ins
- Go to Manage my Add-Ins and select Upload my Add-In
- select and upload the manifest.xml file contained in the archive.

Swate leaves the local environment

We have added and improved upon several features of the Swate tool and started hosting Swate on a remote server at https://swate.denbi.uni-tuebingen.de/ with the friendly folks at Uni Thübingen. This eliminates the necessity to install a self-signed certificate and marks an important step on our milestone list to our first release. There may be content security policy specific issues for a few days, so if this release does not work for you, please fall back to the previous one.

As before, if you decide to test Swate in this early state, please take the time to set up a Github account to report your issues and suggestions here.

You can also search existing issues for solutions for your questions and/or discussions about your suggestions.

Here are the necessary steps to use SWATE:

• If you use Excel locally:

  • Install node.js LTS (needed for office addin related tooling)
  • Download the swate.0.0.2-alpha_prerelease.zip below and extract it
  • Execute the swate.cmd (windows) or swate.sh (macOS, you will need to make it executable via chmod a+x) script.

• If you use Excel in the browser:

  • Download the swate.0.0.2-alpha_prerelease.zip below and extract it
  • Launch Excel online, open a (blank) workbook
  • Under the Insert tab, select Add-Ins
  • Go to Manage my Add-Ins and select Upload my Add-In
  • select and upload the manifest.xml file contained in the PreRelease folder.

First open alpha release

We are excited to announce that you can now test SWATE in a very early alpha preview version.
If you decide to do so, please take the time to set up a Github account to report your issues and suggestions here.
You can also search existing issues for solutions for your questions and/or discussions about your suggestions.

Here are the necessary steps to use SWATE:

• Excel (rightfully) enforces https on all addins. We currently have only a self-signed certificate.
  This means that you will have to install our certificate under Trusted Root Certification Authorities. You will need to do this for either of the following methods.
  You can find the .cert file in the test release archive.
  We recommend you to remove this certificate from your trusted sources when SWATE has an own certificate.

• If you use Excel locally:

  • Install node.js LTS (needed for office addin related tooling)
  • Download the test release archive below and extract it
  • If not done already, install Swate_SelfSigned_Certificate.cer under Trusted Root Certification Authorities
  • Execute the test.cmd (windows, as admin) or test.sh (macOS, you will need to make it executable via chmod a+x) script.

• If you use Excel in the browser:

  • Download the test release archive below and extract it
  • If not done already, install Swate_SelfSigned_Certificate.cer under Trusted Root Certification Authorities
  • Launch Excel online, open a (blank) workbook
  • Under the Insert tab, select Add-Ins
  • Go to Manage my Add-Ins and select Upload my Add-In
  • select and upload the manifest.xml file contained in the test release archive.