SQLite for Excel Support 64-bit Excel - excel

I need read data SQLite into Excel. And I found a few solution at (#1, #2). I choose SQLite for Excel of #Govert. My excel is 64bit version, so i've downloaded and replaced sqlite3.dll(32bit) by sqlite3.dll(64bit) then update the VBA declares:
...Declare Function... change to ...Declare PtrSafe Function...
But I'm still cannot run demo Module1.MyTestSQlite in SQLiteForExcel.xls . And error output in VBE Immediate Window:
SQLite3Initialize Error Loading
C:\Users\davuz\Downloads\SQLiteForExcel-0.7\Distribution\SQLite3_StdCall.dll:
193 Error Initializing SQLite. Error: 193
How to fix sqliteforexcel to run with Excel 64bit?
Thank for help?

I (the SQLite for Excel guy) haven't actually tried to figure out the 64-bit VBA declarations yet - I just noted that there is now a pre-compiled SQLite library for 64-bits, which helps us a lot.
First thing to note is that for the 64-bit case you don't need the SQLite3_StdCall.dll intermediate at all. It is just required for 32-bit case where the calling conventions need remapping. So for 64-bit all the .dll references in the VBA file must directly refer to SQLite3.dll.
Next, I think you are on the right track with the PtrSafe changes. But I am not sure exactly how the VBA 64-bit pointers declarations work. One would also have to figure out which of the 'Long' arguments are actually pointers.
So there's still a bit to do...
Edit:
Done. The updated version 0.8 of SQLite for Excel now includes the VBA declarations for 64-bit Excel, updated tests and a copy of the 64-bit SQLite3.dll.

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