After downloading MapInXL, extract package in a temporary directory. Launch “Setup.exe” to install MapInXL. It will install all necessary, and not installed, packages (Microsoft®™ .NET Framework 3.5, Windows®™ Installer 3.1, Microsoft Office®™ 2007 PIA, VSTO 3.0 SP1) and you must accept terms conditions.
This product has to be installed for each user on a same computer, that why the default install location is home user directory.
Warning: to install (but not to use) MapInXL, you must be the final user and must have administrator’s rights.
After buying MapInXL on the website, you received an email containing your license(s).
At the end of the MapInXL installation, it will ask you to activate your product. If you don’t want to activate it at this moment, MapInXL will automatically be uninstalled.
The simplest way to activate your product is with the on-line functionality, but you can activate MapInXL without be connected to Internet.
In this case, put your license ID (that you can find in Email or at this address: http://www.mapinxl.com/secure/license) in the text area and click Activate. This automatic procedure will register your product and you will be able to use MapInXL after closing Installation window.
First of all, copy the "computer code" that you can found in activation window, and then go to the MapInXL web site to create your activation code: http://www.mapinxl.com/secure/license.
In the "Activation Code Generator" area, select the license corresponding to your product and put your computer code. Click on "Generate", copy the generated key to the text area of the activation window and finish by clicking on "Activate". This manual procedure will register your product and you will be able to use MapInXL after closing Installation window.
MapInXL documentation and examples can be found in:
Windows Vista®™: "C:\Users\session_name\AppData\Roaming\Articque\MapInXL\…"
Windows XP®™: "C:\Documents and Settings\session_name\Application Data\Articque\MapInXL\…"
For further informations, please consult FAQ page on MapInXL web site (http://www.mapinxl.com/page/support) or send a message to MapInXL support by the same page.
If you have trouble with MapInXL, you can desactivate it in Excel (Excel options – Add-ins tab).