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Why RefTreeAnalyser?
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Screenshots of RefTreeAnalyser
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Version information
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Operating instructions
Current Version
The most recent version is
is available for download here,
which features the following additions/changes:
- Now also analyses objects on worksheets such as pivot tables,
charts, form controls and etcetera.
- Fully 64 bit compliant
- Excel add-in, no setup or administrator rights needed to install
- Lots of added functionality
RefTreeAnalyser works in all Windows Excel versions as of Excel 2007
(both 32 and 64 bit is supported). For Excel 2003 an older version is
available.
1.0.14
Included Help file and a Help button on both the find references
and the find circular references screens
Added an entry on the cell right click menu to access the tool.
1.0.16
Hotkeys to start the tool
Improved reporting
1.0.17
Fixed a minor issue regarding double operators such as >=
1.0.18
Fixed a small screen resizing problem
1.0.21
RefTreeAnalyser now handles structured tables references
1.0.23
Prevent error message when workbook has protected worksheets
1.0.25
Show message if no precedents/dependents have been found
1.0.26
RefTreeAnalyser does not error out when started whilst editing a
cell
2.0 011
64 bit version
Improved circular reference algorithm
Error tracing added
Time range calculations
Check range for inconsistent formulas
Sheet statistics added
2.0, 012
It is now possible to change the hotkeys.
I have also made sure that when an update is available, the help
file is automatically updated.
2.0, 013
Fixed a problem related to setting hotkeys.
Made sure form position is remembered (and can be reset).
2.0, 014
Fixed a compile error that only Excel 2003 exhibits.
2.0, 015
Fixed that the About screen does not show proper registration status
2.0, 017
Fixed some problems related to Excel 2003.
2.0, 018
Fixed some problems related to Excel 2003.
2.0, 019
Fixed that the about button in Excel 2003 sometimes opened the About
screen of another add-in.
2.0, 020
Added a separate add-in file (.xla) for Excel 2003 and before.
2.0, 021
Fixed an Excel 2007 issue
2.0, 022
Improved returning to previous selection after closing the tool
2.0, 023
Minor bugfix
2.0, 024
Prevented unnecessary scrolling
2.0, 025
Fixed bug with absolute cell references to multiple columns.
2.0, 026
Fixed bug regarding files opened in protected mode
2.0, 027
Minor bugfix
2.0, 028
Fixed a compile error in Excel 2003
2.0, 029
Fixed a bug for Excel 2013, prevents messages being covered by the
application's screens
2.0, 030
Fixed bug where RefTreeAnalyser removed the License registration
information when unchecking the add-in
2.0, 031
Fixed a bug for Excel 2013, preventad another message from being
covered by the application's screens
2.0, 032
Improved the error trace tool and the functioning of the stop button.
2.0, 033
Important update: fixed some bugs in the multi-level precedents searching
2.0, 034
Minor bugfix regarding Excel 2013 windows.
2.0, 035
Improved tracing errors function
2.0, 036
Improved reporting
2.0, 037
Added a new option to the tool: Visualize precedents. The precedents
of a cell are visualised directly on the worksheet, a vast improvement
on the built-in show precedents option.
2.0, 039
Fixed a bug pertaining to Excel 2003 and 2007
2.0, 040
Visualize now also available for Excel 2003
2.0, 041
Added an option to change the visualisation colors
2.0, 042
Visualization: Improved placement of pictures of cells which are
out of view
2.0, 043
Fixed an issue with opening empty workbooks in 64 bit Excel 2013
Fixed issue with leaving an entry in the find dialog
2.0, 044
Added new Object References option
2.0, 045
Objects are now also analysed when tracing dependents and precedents.
2.0, 046
Fixed a bug regarding Visualisation
2.0, 047
Beta version
2.0, 048
Made object search optional in find precedents/dependents
2.0, 049
Improved progress bar for searching objects, prevented blank workbook
when opening files from network shares
2.0, 050
Improved reporting by adding hyperlinks; fixed some bugs
2.0, 051
Added hotkey support for Objects and Check Formulas.
2.0, 052
Added double-click functionality to the treeviews
2.0, 053
Added ability to disable hotkeys
2.0, 055
Added highlight formula blocks on "Check formulas" dialog, Improved
performance of Check formulas.
2.0, 056
Fixed bug regarding local range names
2.0, 057
Small optimisations
2.0, 058
Changed registration behaviour, registered copies no longer access
the Internet to check for registration
2.0, 059
Fixed a compile error
2.0, 060
Added the "Formula Report" functionality
2.0, 061
Fixed bug regarding startup screen not appearing in Excel 2013
2.0, 062
Fixed a bug regarding registration of hotkeys
2.0, 063
Fixed bug regarding startup screen not appearing in Excel 2013 (caused
by an Office 2013 Update)
2.0, 064
Fixed a window resizing bug
2.0, 065
Improved calculation timer
2.0, 066
Improved grouping in the Objects dialog, fixed screenupdating bug
2.0, 067
Avoid trying to remove arrows when no arrows have been added
2.0, 068
Added Alt key support for hotkeys
2.0, 069
Fixed bug (treeview not responding)
2.0, 070
Fixed a small bug
2.0, 071
Fixed small issue with formula report and worksheet names that resemble
dates
2.0, 072
Fixed window handling for Excel 2013 and up
2.0, 073
Fixed small bug regarding editing the formula in the dialog
2.0, 075
Added unprotecting/protecting of workbook and worksheets, Fixed issue
with removal of arrows
2.0, 076
Fixed error message when quitting Excel without open workbooks.
2.0, 077
Fixed asking for passwords when saving files
2.0, 078
Fixed hang when using check formulas
2.0, 079
Fixed a number of windowing problems related to Excel 2013 and 2016,
fixed a bug in the Find Object references
2.0, 080
Improved performance finding dependents, improved how Objects are
listed
2.0, 081
Improved error tracing, fixed bug regarding sheetnames with a pipe
character
2.0, 082
Fixed a bug regarding whole-column references
2.0, 083
Fixed a bug in the sheet stats module
2.0, 084
Fixed objects bug and added automatic update of precedents/dependents
tracking
2.0, 085
Fixed bug regarding setting errortracing hotkey
2.0, 087
VBA code signed with new certificate
2.0, 088
Added an off-sheet references report which visualises the inter-sheet
formula links of your workbook
2.0, 091
Fixed a number of bugs
2.0, 092
Fixed a bug related to Excel 2013 and 2016; Improved Off-sheet references
report to include checks for Tables and range names
2.0, 093
Fixed a bug pertaining to unhiding worksheets
2.0, 094
Fixed a bug causing crashes of Excel 2013 and 2016 when other certain
add-ins are loaded
2.0, 096
Added back double-click functionality to the treeview (same action
as clicking Do ActiveCell
2.0, 097
Improved scrolling within a table
2.0, 098
Added a new function: Display formula as a mathematical equation
2.0, 099
Fixed small bug in report formulas
2.0, 100
Fixed bug regarding visualising merged cells
2.0, 101
Added workaround for Excel bug affecting the "Display Equation" function
in non-English Excel versions
2.0, 102
Fixed bug changing objects hotkey; added work-around for people having
issues with the Visualise option; fixed an issue with selecting objects
from the treeview.
2.0, 103
Fixed not selecting off-sheet references from the precedents/dependents
trees (bug introduced in build 102)
2.0, 104
Improved scrolling the selected cells into the viewable area of the
screen
2.0, 105
Fixed bug, Pivottables were not listed when pointing to a table name
2.0, 106
Fixed issue with short-cut keys not responding immediately after
openening Excel
2.0, 107
Fixed bug where range names were no longer listed (introduced with
build 105)
2.0, 108
Added jump to pivotsource when you trace precedents when in a pivottable
2.0, 109
Fixed repositioning of screen when re-activating dialog from Excel
2.0, 110
Build 109 caused 64 bit versions of Excel to crash, this is fixed
in this build.
2.0, 111
Improved performance for Excel 2013 and 2016
2.0, 112
Fixed progress bar problems (Excel 2013, 2016) by enabling user to
use taskbar instead
2.0, 113
Finally fixed an intermittent issue with the Visualize functionality
on Excel 2016
2.0, 114
Improved performance on analysing conditional formatting formulas
2.0, 115
Fixed a small bug only occurring when you have a chartsheet selected
2.0, 116
Enabled cyrrilic (and other non-western) character set for table
names
2.0, 117
Improved working of Tile option placing the dialog next to the Excel
window, Improved reporting of formulas
2.0, 118
Added an option to settings to enable or disable automatic unhiding
of worksheets
2.0, 119
Added Report Function Count, which reports a count of all Excel functions
used in your model
2.0, 120
Fixed a small bug
2.0, 121
Improved performance of Dependents search
2.0, 122
Fixed a bug with finding Dependents introduced with build 121
2.0, 124
Updated "phone home" for registration
2.0, 125
Included Array formulas in circular reference checks
2.0, 126
Fixed runtime error due to third-party add-ins when checking if tool
is installed
2.0, 127
Adapted site addresses to use https
2.0, 128
Added code to improve updating experience
2.0, 129
Improved performance of formula checking and reporting significantly
2.0, 130
Not published
2.0, 131
Improved display of Object dependencies, improved tiling windows
next to Excel.
2.0, 132
Updated the tool so it works with the new Excel Data Types (Geography
and Stock) and with the new Dynamic Array references
2.0, 133
Not published
2.0, 134
Improved finding, displaying and reporting of cell references used
by Objects
2.0, 135
Fixed an issue with finding references in chart SERIES formula
2.0, 137
Fixed a visualization issue
2.0, 138
Fixed a registration issue
2.0, 139
Changed check for registration
2.0, 140
Enabled selecting pivot table belonging to pivot chart
2.0, 141
Couple of bugs fixed
2.0, 142
Fixed a bug regarding handling of string literals in a formula
2.0, 143
Improved the Check Formulas interface
2.0, 144
VBA Project is now signed with a trusted code signing certificate
2.0, 145
Fixed problem with not finding reference to total row of tables in
the format Table1[[#Totals],[May-2019]]
2.0, 146
Fixed problem with not finding reference due to an alt+enter character
in the formula
2.0, 147
Improved the layout of the Object references dialog
2.0, 148
Fixed the wrong calculation setting (use 1 core only) of the add-in
2.0, 149
You can now choose whether or not to display references in your formula
more than once
2.0, 150
Added a Reset button to the settings screen to remove registration
details
2.0, 151
Added PowerQuery M code to Object search. Fixed a bug regarding finding
cell references in Objects
2.0, 152
Improved performance and added an option to prevent the tool from
offering to unprotect worksheets
2.0, 153
Internal version
2.0, 154
Fixed a bug relating to 64 bit Office. This is a recommended update
if you are using 64 Office, which nowadays is the default version installed
with a Microsoft 365 license
2.0, 155
Added two new options: 1. Generate a Table of Contents and 2. Added
a feedback button which takes you to a small survey so you can tell
me what you like and what you do not like.
2.0, 156
Small fix for Excel 64 bit.
2.0, 157
Fixed bug in Search Objects feature: chart titles with formulas are
now properly listed with their charts.
2.0, 158
RefTreeAnalyser now recognizes external references in charts and
no longer ignores them.
2.0, 159
The display of objects has been improved.
2.0, 160
Small bugfix to ensure backward compatibility with Excel 2013 and
older.
2.0, 161
Workaround for rare error regarding SAP add-in.
2.0, 162
Bugfix for 64 bit Office.
2.0, 163
Ensured obscure reference containing both a table total row and a
cell outside the table works.
2.0, 164
Added Form and ActiveX controls to the table of content option
2.0, 165
Added Tables to the table of content option
2.0, 166
Two updates: 1. The link back to the ToC is now independent of the
name of the file. 2. If you press Precedents when a chart is selected,
you get all references pertaining to that chart.
2.0, 167
Fixed a bug which I introduced in build 166 :-(
2.0, 168
Worked around a bug which Microsoft introduced
2.0, 169
Fixed an issue with the Analyze off-sheet references tool
2.0, 170
Improved sorting of chart series nodes on Objects dialog
2.0, 171
Not published
2.0, 172
Fixed a bug in "Off-sheet references"
2.0, 173
Added warning message if you ask to find too many cells with dependents
2.0, 174
Improved 'Select cells with dependents'; Added counting UDF and LAMBDA
functions.
3.0, 175
New version number! The new feature to count all udfs and LAMBDAs
in your file has been vastly improved. Now uses top-left cell of a spill
range to find formula precedents.
3.0, 176
Fixed a bug pertaining to older Excel versions (2007-2016)
3.0, 177
RefTreeAnalyser now adds External links to the Table of Content.
3.0, 178
Now also finds references in ColosScales Conditional formats
3.0, 179
Added a Report button to the Check formulas feature. Changed ToC
behavior: don't insert row for sheets already containing a hyperlink
to the ToC.
3.0, 180
Fixed that the VBA Editor Control toolbox opens up when tracing dependents.
3.0, 181
Fixed bug in Circular reference feature
3.0, 182
New feature: highlight cells with the same formula
3.0, 183
Improved cell highlighting feature
3.1, 185
Improved highlighting feature by reducing how often it recalculates.
Added more levels to the dependents/precedents dialog
3.1, 186
Improved highlighting feature: limit how often it causes scrolling
3.1, 187
Improved highlighting feature: changed highlighting method
3.1, 188
Improved display of object references
3.1, 189
If the formula returns a range reference (like the INDIRECT, INDEX
and XLOOKUP functions do), this is shown in the dependents tree
3.1, 190
Fixed a bug that caused run-time errors when using the Check Formulas
option. Made the dialogs compatible with screen reader software for
the visually impaired. First build that is Mac compatible!
3.1, 191
Fixed bug regarding highlighting named ranges containing . Characters.
Added option to hide the display of cell values in the reference tree
3.1, 192
Fixed a display issue in Analyze Objects.
3.1, 193
Fixed an issue in Off-sheet references.
3.1, 194
ToC now shows if a table is part of the Data Model and if a pivot
table uses the Data Model
3.1, 195
Enabled perpetual licenses (available on request)
3.1, 196
Cater for EnableCalculation setting of worksheets, improved Sheet
stats report, improved Formula report, unprotect sheets before all sheet
stats.
3.1, 197
Fixed some issues regarding the size of the dialogs. Fixed Mac registration bug
3.1, 198
Asks to re-use existing report sheets. Cancel the unprotect workbook or worksheet dialog and it will not reappear for other worksheets. You can now filter the Objects list.
3.1, 199
Fixed wording of report sheet dialog. Fixed reportsheet causing display of gridlines to change. Fixed bug in insert ToC for Excel in different languages.
