I am designing a shared add-in using VB.Net 2008 and VSTO that has to fire up when any MS Office App is started. It has to work for both 2002, 2003 and 2007 applications. I have managed to put together a working add-in that pops up a test message stating the version of Office and the Application name and tested this across all the apps ok.
The next part of the solution is to code the application specific code that needs to run for document auditing and corporate protective marking as well as, for example; in Excel checking that all the Add-Ins are linked to the Network Add-Ins folder.
My approach from now was going to be to late bind against the application object and set one of my typed (e.g. Excel) application object references which exist in the code to this object.
I'm still relativly new to VSTO so if I am doing something odd please can you let me know! :)
Ta.
I have completed this project and did it the way I specified using late bindig. It works lieka dream for all office apps both XP and 2007. :) I feel like I am announcing this to myself though as I didn't recieve a single answer or comment. Maybe you should have sexed up the title a bit Mas. Yeah maybe I should.
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I know Office add-ins can be created by
Office.js
VSTO
COM
I implemented an add-in before using VSTO, after searching for the information on how to do that on the Microsoft website, I get nothing. Is it lost how to create Office add-in using C++/COM technology? I know some software still use COM add-ins, such as Grammarly, TeamViewer, FoxitReader. But how to create a COM add-in? Some ideas? Thanks.
I am developing Microsoft Office Add-in, I have to read the registry values of the current instance of the office in which my add-in will run.
Is there any way I can get the current office version number of add-in instance?
I have searched and found this solution. But it's is not working.
Thanks if anyone from you can help.
I am maintaining a set of process diagrams in visio 2007. For viewing I save the files as HTML and publish them on a web server.
It works great but its a real pain to maintain (a paintain ;-).
I am looking for a way to do this as some kind of batch job, currently the process is:
open each file
file>save as web page
in the save as web page dialogue:
select location
publish > open new dialogue
change title (i dont mind if i have to miss that step)
select web page to insert it into (my template)
done
The tools I have availiable are:
Visual studio 2010 express (i prefer c# but whatever)
Visio 2007(i have another laptop with visio 2010 which i can use too but the source files will be 2007 - that's not changing for the moment)
Ruby - may be easier if it doesn't require office integration.
(BTW I know about process repository in OSS 2010 and i have tested it with visio 2010 web diagrams - that works and would probably be a better option for anyone who has the choice, though its not perfect)
(batch file or command line would also be cool but i have not found a way of saving as web page from command line)
You can use Visio's COM interop API to do what you want (I think). I'd start by just recording a macro while manually doing the export, and then look at the VBA code that generates. You could then adapt that in C#, or VBScript/VB6 if you want something you can call with a command shell.
As Jon highlights, there's a whole API for using the SaveAsWeb functionality from code. I wrote a post about it a little while ago, which you can see here:
http://visualsignals.typepad.co.uk/vislog/2010/03/automating-visios-save-as-web-output.html
The post is VBA based but the .net version is very similar and there's also examples in the Visio 2010 SDK:
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=12365
We have a document library that is built inhouse. We are migrating to SharePoint 2010 Document Library, but this will be a time consuming process and many very old documents may not get moved to SharePoint at all. I would like to provide the same experience for our users when they open a document from SharePoint or our legacy system. The behavior I would like is like when you open a Workbook or Document that is rendered in the browser using the "Open In Excel" and "Open in Word" button that you get when you open a document stored in a Share Point Document Library.
I am not sure what this technology is called or where to start looking to configure this or integrate into an addin.
Any starting points are much appreciated.
I'm not exactly clear on what your question is, but perhaps you are looking to use the Office Web Apps. This allows you to use the Office applications within the browser.
can someone please get me started on the following:
i would like to package an excel macro as an add-in to excel. the macro will reside on a central computer, where 10 other computers will connect to.
how do i create an add-in that will be constantly updated ?
According to this you can have an Add-In reside on a network share, so you wouldn't even need to bootstrap and update the code via code. Here's a quick rundown on how to create an Add-In.