Excel Strike Planner
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Excel Strike Planner
Hi all,
I made a Time-on-Target Planner spreadsheet. It calculates mission execution times for different platforms in different groups with different roles (CAP, SEAD, Strike etc), different weapons and different ingress route (waypoints), but all part of the same strike package. The intend is to have all strike platforms deliver their weapons on the same time on target in order to swamp enemy air defenses.
Unfortunately, it seems MS Excel dependent, as another poster reported back it didn't work in OpenOffice (see a couple of posts down). The spreadsheet contains ActiveX and VBA elements.
Skorpio667
Version 1.08 for DB3K_v444 and CWDB_v443
Changelog v1.08
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* Updated the data to DB3K v444 and CWDB v443 (as found in CMANO v1.11)
SEE POST 37 FOR Excel TOT SHEET v1.10 beta 1 for DB3K v480 for CMO
I made a Time-on-Target Planner spreadsheet. It calculates mission execution times for different platforms in different groups with different roles (CAP, SEAD, Strike etc), different weapons and different ingress route (waypoints), but all part of the same strike package. The intend is to have all strike platforms deliver their weapons on the same time on target in order to swamp enemy air defenses.
Unfortunately, it seems MS Excel dependent, as another poster reported back it didn't work in OpenOffice (see a couple of posts down). The spreadsheet contains ActiveX and VBA elements.
Skorpio667
Version 1.08 for DB3K_v444 and CWDB_v443
Changelog v1.08
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* Updated the data to DB3K v444 and CWDB v443 (as found in CMANO v1.11)
SEE POST 37 FOR Excel TOT SHEET v1.10 beta 1 for DB3K v480 for CMO
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RE: Excel Strike Planner
No, not a problem with that. Just be aware that you'll have a problem keeping the values up-to-date when we release new DB versions.
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RE: Excel Strike Planner
Great! Yeah, I discovered that already, as I had to update them yesterday, when I discovered the new update earlier this week. With your schedule of a major update average 2 months on average, I might [;)]
However, I hope users should be able to update the tables themselves with a little Google, and coaching?!
Skorpio
EDIT: The spreadsheet contained some unnecesary vba code that generated an error and there were some other issue's. Should besolved now. Uploaded v1.031 DB3K441
EDIT 2: Removed file, download latest from first post.
However, I hope users should be able to update the tables themselves with a little Google, and coaching?!
Skorpio
EDIT: The spreadsheet contained some unnecesary vba code that generated an error and there were some other issue's. Should besolved now. Uploaded v1.031 DB3K441
EDIT 2: Removed file, download latest from first post.
RE: Excel Strike Planner
Skorpio,
I'm getting a runtime error in your code:
Private Declare PtrSafe Function getFrequency Lib "kernel32" _
The problem appears to be with the PtrSafe Function.
I'm getting a runtime error in your code:
Private Declare PtrSafe Function getFrequency Lib "kernel32" _
The problem appears to be with the PtrSafe Function.
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RE: Excel Strike Planner
Hmmm, That vba module is not even necesary (It part of a timer code to calculate the time it takes to (re)calculate (parts) of the workbook).
Unfurtunately I discover some more typo's and errors. I'll update the file ASAP
Skorpio
Unfurtunately I discover some more typo's and errors. I'll update the file ASAP
Skorpio
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RE: Excel Strike Planner
Removed the error generating module and updated the file to v1.031. Jarraya, could you try again please?
Skorpio
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RE: Excel Strike Planner
Hi Skorpio667, thanks for this. Will this work in OpenOffice as well by any chance or only Microsofts Excel?
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RE: Excel Strike Planner
Bradinggs, I don't know. I learned the code, commands and structure on the fly, so I guess no special MS Excel-only commands are used, but really, I can't vouche for it.
Just try, I guess.
Skorpio
Just try, I guess.
Skorpio
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RE: Excel Strike Planner
Will do, will give you any feedback on it. Thanks.
UPDATE EDIT: Seems best to use in Office then, doesn't appear to work with OpenOffice, as far as I can see VBA doesn't work in OpenOffice.
Btw, looking forward to learn how we can keep this up to date. Thanks again.
UPDATE EDIT: Seems best to use in Office then, doesn't appear to work with OpenOffice, as far as I can see VBA doesn't work in OpenOffice.
Btw, looking forward to learn how we can keep this up to date. Thanks again.
RE: Excel Strike Planner
Admiral Saturatius will be utterly thankful for your contribution. [8D]
Need time to fiddle with it, too bad my old iPad is too slow to make me use it on-the-fly.
Need time to fiddle with it, too bad my old iPad is too slow to make me use it on-the-fly.
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RE: Excel Strike Planner
I suspect keeping it up to date will only be an issue in the (relative) short term; IIRC ToT planning has long been identified as something that the Dev's want to implement.
Fantastic work on the spreadsheet though, it's clear a lot of work has gone into it. Good on you!
Fantastic work on the spreadsheet though, it's clear a lot of work has gone into it. Good on you!
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RE: Excel Strike Planner
Thanks! It took me a month to create it, working on and off on it. It went through 8 builds or so. Every time I "finished" it, I kept thinking on how to improve it's usefulness and completeness/comprehensiveness. BTW, any suggestions are welcome.
Using it on an iPad is actually a good idea, hadn't thought of that myself. I have 3 screens, so space isn't a real issue.
Any Excel-knowledgeable people out there to improve the speed of the code so it can be used on a tablet?
Like Apache85 says, let's hope the build-in strike planner come online very soon. But updating the tables takes about 15 to 20 min. Not to bad for a 2 month-on-average period, before the next DB comes out.
Skorpio
Using it on an iPad is actually a good idea, hadn't thought of that myself. I have 3 screens, so space isn't a real issue.
Any Excel-knowledgeable people out there to improve the speed of the code so it can be used on a tablet?
Like Apache85 says, let's hope the build-in strike planner come online very soon. But updating the tables takes about 15 to 20 min. Not to bad for a 2 month-on-average period, before the next DB comes out.
Skorpio
RE: Excel Strike Planner
skorpio667
Incredibly impressive. Great tool that obviously took significant time and thought to complete. Kudos!!
Wayne Stiles
Incredibly impressive. Great tool that obviously took significant time and thought to complete. Kudos!!
Wayne Stiles
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RE: Excel Strike Planner
Bradinggs, too bad it isn't application independent!
I seem to recall from a SQL-course during my study that SQL can do simple math, like that of this planner, too? If it could be written in SQL it would be more application independent and perhaps more efficient as the data lookup functions seem to take the bulk of the time needed to do the calculations. Then it could perhaps even be used on a tablet?
Does anybody know?
Skorpio
I seem to recall from a SQL-course during my study that SQL can do simple math, like that of this planner, too? If it could be written in SQL it would be more application independent and perhaps more efficient as the data lookup functions seem to take the bulk of the time needed to do the calculations. Then it could perhaps even be used on a tablet?
Does anybody know?
Skorpio
RE: Excel Strike Planner
Hehe this is veeery nice, thanks for sharing!
Version 1.11 adds slightly improved mission start and end functionality, so should make it a bit easier to work with too [8D]
Version 1.11 adds slightly improved mission start and end functionality, so should make it a bit easier to work with too [8D]
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RE: Excel Strike Planner
Skorpio, this is great; it's a huge improvement over my previous method for planning strikes. Thanks for sharing!
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RE: Excel Strike Planner
Emsoy, in relation to the strike planner, would it be possible to pre-plot a mission from the mission planner, a bit like with the cruise missiles, so we could plan on an external planner and set course and altitude manually?
This would be nearly like the upcomming advanced strike planner you are working on (got this idea from a line apache85 said and added it to the feature requests too)
Skorpio
This would be nearly like the upcomming advanced strike planner you are working on (got this idea from a line apache85 said and added it to the feature requests too)
Skorpio
RE: Excel Strike Planner
Hi Skorpio,
Yes this is planned. Horribly complex stuff so need to do it in baby-steps, but we'll get there eventually [8D]
Yes this is planned. Horribly complex stuff so need to do it in baby-steps, but we'll get there eventually [8D]
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RE: Excel Strike Planner
Emsoy, I think you mean the complete planner? I understand that is very complex and should be implemented in little increments.
I was hoping one of those increments (in the near future?) could be pre-plotting the course just like the course of the waypointed cruise missiles with manual lauch?
Skorpio
I was hoping one of those increments (in the near future?) could be pre-plotting the course just like the course of the waypointed cruise missiles with manual lauch?
Skorpio
RE: Excel Strike Planner
Yeah hope to add that soon. Not in v1.11 or v1.12 but perhaps v1.13 or v1.14. No promises though [8D]
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