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"Hi， I tried office 2010, it seems to work on my computer. Please remember to close all excel processes before you used the component to connect to excel. Sometime when a excel process exist, there is error. This is bug I don't know how to…"

"Hello Xiaoming, I am using office 2010...i also thought that was the problem, but apparently it isn't.... Thanks for the reply anyway... Best regards, Anabela"

"Hi Anabela, I might be because the data from Excel is not send to grasshopper correctly. Are you using Office 15? The way it handle data might be different. Is it possible to try office 2010 or 2007? Regards, Xiaoming"

"Hello all,  i seem to be having a similar problem... the error message reads 'solution exception.object reference not set to an instance of an object'. I have e pretty new version of office...it is in english....i tried connecting the…"

"Very interesting component, I have the same problem (probably also a language problem) and used the workaround of Mateusz. I made a VB-component with only the  " System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = New…"

"Thanks, this is immensely useful."

"http://www.grasshopper3d.com/group/elk/forum/topics/comparison-between-google-elevations-api-and-srtm3-data Check out this comparison I did with the available datasets accessible through a web API."

"Actually there is another plug-in called Elk (here) which has the ability to generate topography over a much bigger area with data from NASA, but the resolution might not be as high or as accurate as google's data (please correct if I'm…"

"Thank you for this- I am really having fun with it.   Any plans to connect additional databases?  Google Earth is nice for Architects, but having geological surveys would be much better for Engineers.   Also, having the ability to…"

"Hi Ching, I am very glad you like the component. For the unit, actually I mentioned in the post that the area is in m2, but I guess it is confusing...Thank you for the advise, I should make it more clear. The file you posted below it great, model…"

"Finally got it working after playing around with the maths I am most afraid of. This is a 3 by 3 definition in which you just need to input the cooordinates for the centre. Not sure how to stitch the result landscape pieces together though, I think…"

"Hi Xiaooming, This thing rocks. I had plenty fun playing with it making contour maps etc and I can imagine it will save me a lot of time in the future to do any landscape models. Really appreciate your effort and looking forward to any future…"

"http://www.grasshopper3d.com/forum/topics/string-text?page=1&commentId=2985220%3AComment%3A530228&x=1#2985220Comment530228 It's ok for me"

"After various tests, it only happens on my Laptop config with the high-end (shit). I will see levels of options."

"On a simple example (yours) when I change a decimal number in excel there an error in grasshopper. If I recompite grasshopper, then the solution works again. My setup windows 7 rhino grasshopper 0.8.0.0066 5 and Excel 2010"