I'm not sure, do I understand you correctly... 
If you had a class and copied that class to a new class with some more properties, something like this

Class DC.OldData Extends %Persistent
{
Property FirstName As %String;
Property LastName As %String;

/// Redirect the %Open(), %OpenId() to the new class
///
ClassMethod %OnDetermineClass(oid As %ObjectIdentity, ByRef class As %String) As %Status [ ServerOnly = 1 ]
{
	Set class="DC.NewData"
	Quit $$$OK
}

/// Prevent creating a new instance of the old class
Method %OnNew() As %Status [ Private, ServerOnly = 1 ]
{
	Quit '$$$OK
}
}

Class DC.NewData Extends %Persistent
{
Property FirstName As %String;
Property LastName As %String;
Property MartialStatus As %String;
}

Maybe you send your new companion back to the school or maybe better, you look for a real companion with brain.
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Assuming, your XML stream never has more  then MAXSTRING characters AND if you can live with a "quick-and-dirty" solution then try this one

Class DC.XML.abc Extends (%RegisteredObject, %XML.Adaptor)
{
Property def As %String;
Property ghi As %String;
Property jkl As jkl;
ClassMethod Test(str)
{
    if $isobject(str) { set:str.Rewind() xml=str.Read(str.Size) } else { set xml=str }
    for{set i=$f(xml,"<![CDATA[",$g(i)) q:'i
        set j=$f(xml,"]]>",i) zt:'j "XMLE"
        set $e(xml,j-3,j-1)="", $e(xml,i-9,i-1)="", i=i-9
    }
    
    set rdr=##class(%XML.Reader).%New()
    if 'rdr.OpenString(xml) write "OpenErr",! quit
    do rdr.Correlate("abc","DC.XML.abc")
    while rdr.Next(.abc,.st) { zzdo abc }
}
}

Class DC.XML.jkl Extends (%RegisteredObject, %XML.Adaptor)
{
Property mno As mno;
}

Class DC.XML.mno Extends (%RegisteredObject, %XML.Adaptor)
{
Property pqr As %String;
Property stu As %String;
}

And some tests...

set s1="<abc><def>010203</def><ghi>040506</ghi><jkl><mno><pqr>070809</pqr><stu>101112</stu></mno></jkl></abc>"
set s2="<abc><def>010203</def><ghi>040506</ghi><jkl><![CDATA[<mno><pqr>070809</pqr><stu>101112</stu></mno>]]></jkl></abc>"
do ##class(DC.XML.abc).Test(s1)
def................................: 010203
ghi................................: 040506
jkl.mno.pqr........................: 070809
jkl.mno.stu........................: 101112
do ##class(DC.XML.abc).Test(s2)
def................................: 010203
ghi................................: 040506
jkl.mno.pqr........................: 070809
jkl.mno.stu........................: 101112

Note: the above ZZDO command takes an oref as argument and prints it, you can replace it with a simple zw oref.

You do not need to reference 'localhost', your C++ program and IRIS are located (and running) on the same 'localhost', the source of your problem is something else

Excel store date values as decimal values (or better, as flotaing poin) as dddd.tttt where ddd is the number of days since a base date (usually 1899-12-30) and tttt is: numberOfSecondsSinceMidnight / 86400, hence the value, you get is an date-object, and you have to format it according to your needs

Class DC.PyExcel Extends %RegisteredObject
{

ClassMethod Test(fn = "/home/kav/test/readtest.xlsx")
{
	set exl=##class(%SYS.Python).Import("openpyxl")
	set wbk=exl."load_workbook"(fn)
	set sht=wbk.active
	
	for row=1,2,3 {
		for col=1:1:3 {
			set cel=sht.cell(row,col)
			set typ=cel."data_type"
			set val=cel.value
			
			write ?col-1*15,$case(typ, "s":val, "n":$fn(val,",",2), "d":val.strftime("%a, %d.%m.%Y"), :"")
		}
		write !
	}
}

}

At least, there are four different ways to get that info

ClassMethod StudioTest()
{
	write "Call from Studio1: ",..InStudio1(),!
	write "Call from Studio2: ",..InStudio2(),!
}

/// Is the invocation from the Studio?
ClassMethod InStudio1()
{
	for i=$st:-1:1 if $st(i,"PLACE")["%Studio.General." ret 1
	ret 0
}

/// Is there a connection to Superserver?
ClassMethod InStudio2()
{
	set port=1972 // see iris.cpf, section [Startup], DefaultPort=...
	quit $p($v(-1,$j),"^",3)[("|TCP|"_port_"|")
}

Compiling routine DC.Util.1
Compilation finished successfully in 0.024s.

do ##class(DC.Util).StudioTest()
Call from Studio1: 1
Call from Studio2: 1


ICINDY:USER>; from PuTTY   -------------------

ICINDY:USER>do ##class(DC.Util).StudioTest()
Call from Studio1: 0
Call from Studio2: 0

The other two methods are: checking for the presence of
a) a dedicated variable or
b) a dedicated object
but both require a usage of undocumented functions

I can't reproduce the problem  

Try it this way...

Class DC.OldStuff Extends %Persistent [ StorageStrategy = NewStorage1 ]
{

Property Rec As %Integer [ Identity ];
Property Name As %String;
Property City As %String;
Property Phone As %String;
Storage NewStorage1
{
<SQLMap name="Map1">
<Data name="City">
<RetrievalCode>s {*}=$zel(^myGlo("R",{L2}),2)</RetrievalCode>
</Data>
<Data name="Name">
<RetrievalCode>s {*}=$zel(^myGlo("R",{L2}),1)</RetrievalCode>
</Data>
<Data name="Phone">
<RetrievalCode>s {*}=$zel(^myGlo("R",{L2}),3)</RetrievalCode>
</Data>
<Global>^myGlo</Global>
<Subscript name="1">
<Expression>"R"</Expression>
</Subscript>
<Subscript name="2">
<Expression>{Rec}</Expression>
</Subscript>
<Type>data</Type>
</SQLMap>
<StreamLocation>^DC.OldS</StreamLocation>
<Type>%CacheSQLStorage</Type>
}

}

A short test shows, it works

USER>k ^myGlo
USER>s ^myGlo("R",1)=$zlp("John,Boston,11-22-33")
USER>s ^myGlo("R",5)=$zlp("Laura,New York,333-444-555")
USER>s ^myGlo("R",7)=$zlp("Paul,Chicago,556-666-777")
USER>d $system.SQL.Shell()
SQL Command Line Shell
----------------------------------------------------

The command prefix is currently set to: <<nothing>>.
Enter q to quit, ? for help.
USER>>select * from DC.OldStuff
3.      select * from DC.OldStuff

ID      City    Name    Phone   Rec
1       Boston  John    11-22-33        1
5       New York        Laura   333-444-555     5
7       Chicago Paul    556-666-777     7
3 Rows(s) Affected
statement prepare time(s)/globals/lines/disk: 0.0003s/5/159/0ms
          execute time(s)/globals/lines/disk: 0.0003s/13/1136/0ms
                          cached query class: %sqlcq.USER.cls43
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
USER>>quit

or as objects

USER>s obj=##class(DC.OldStuff).%OpenId(7)

USER>w obj.Name,!,obj.City,!,obj.Phone
Paul
Chicago
556-666-777
USER>

An easy and simple (assuming standard storage strategy) way to get those informations (the slot numbers, where a property is stored) could be achieved with a simple classmethod

Class DC.PropInfo [ Abstract ]
{

/// Info about properties of a class:
/// - list of all properties stored in a list
/// - slot number for a given property
/// 
/// 1) add this class to your class definition
///    class some.class extends (%Persistent, DC.StorageInfo)  or
///    class some.class extends (%SerialClass, DC.StorageInfo)
///           
/// 2) then use it as follows
///    write ##class(some.class).PropInfo()      --> list of property names
///    write ##class(some.class).PropInfo("Age") --> slot number for the Age property
/// 
/// write ##class(
ClassMethod PropInfo(name = "") As %String [ CodeMode = objectgenerator ]
{
	set sto=%compiledclass.Storages, prp=0, list=""
	
	if sto.Count()=1 {
		set dat=sto.GetAt(1).Data
		for i=1:1:dat.Count() if dat.GetAt(i).Structure="listnode" set prp=dat.GetAt(i) quit
	
		if prp {
			if %compiledclass.ClassType="serial" { set list="", i=1 } else { set list=$lb(""), i=2 }
			for i=i:1:prp.Values.Count() set list=list_$lb(prp.Values.GetAt(i).Value)
		}
		
		do %code.WriteLine(" if name="""" quit """_$lts(list)_"""")
		do %code.WriteLine(" quit $lf($lfs("""_$lts(list)_"""),name)")
	}
	
	if list="" write !,"*** No properties found! ***"
	quit $$$OK
}

}

Two test classes

Class DC.TestPerson Extends (%Persistent, DC.PropInfo)
{
Property Name As %String;
Property Addr As DC.Address;
Property Salary As %Numeric;
Property Expertise As list Of %String;
}


Class DC.Address Extends (%SerialObject,DC.PropInfo)
{
Property Street As %String;
Property City As %String;
}

Now you can do things like:

write ##class(DC.TestPerson).PropInfo()         --> ,Name,Addr,Salary,Expertise
write ##class(DC.TestPerson).PropInfo("Salary") --> 4
// you can use the slot number for direct data access:
write $list(^DC.TestPersonD(id),slotnumber)  gives you the same value as
write ##class(DC.TestPerson).SalaryGetStored(id)

// the same game for serial classes
write ##class(DC.Address).PropInfo()       --> Street,City
write ##class(DC.Address).PropInfo("City") --> 2

// in case you have an instance
set pers=##class(DC.TestPerson).%OpenId(id)
write pers.PropInfo()      --> ,Name,Addr,Salary,Expertise
write pers.Addr.PropInfo() --> Street,City

// etc.

Another reason for the <CLASS or ROUTINE DOES NOT EXISTS> message is that you're in the wrong namespace. Your installation has four namespaces by default: %SYS, DOCBOOK, SAMPLES, and USER. Another possibility could be misleading YouTube videos that use classes from newer Cache or IRIS versions without notice.