ActiveX control in Word, written in C#, part of AddIn?

[David Thielen]

Hi;

Is there a way to write an ActiveX controller in C# and have the code be
part of my Word AddIn? If so, any pointers to examples?

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[Wei Lu [MSFT]]

Hello Dave,

I am not sure what the ActiveX Contraller you mean. Did you mean that you
want to use the ActiveX Control in your Word Addin?

We still recommand you to develop the ActiveX Control using C++ or VB and
you may use the ActiveX Control in the com add-in.


Sincerely,

Wei Lu
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[David Thielen]

We want to create our own ActiveX control to display objects we put in the
document with out AddIn. And our AddIn then needs to be able to edit those
objects too. Our AddIn is written in C# (and J#).

To make this work we need to be able to manipulate our ActiveX control with
our C# code. Is this possible?

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[Wei Lu [MSFT]]

Hello Dave,

Yes, it is possible.

It just like you import and use the ActiveX control in a .NET project.

You may refer the sample in Codeproject.

Importing and Extending ActiveX Controls in .NET
http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/importactivex.asp

Hope it helps!

Sincerely,

Wei Lu
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[Wei Lu [MSFT]]

Hi ,

How is everything going? Please feel free to let me know if you need any
assistance.

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[David Thielen]

Hi;

I am afraid we need more help. I do not want to extend an ActiveX control in
C# - I want to create an ActiveX control in C#. Can that be done?

And my ActiveX control when being used in a Word document needs to talk to
my Word AddIn (also in C#). Can that be done?

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[David Thielen]

Hi;

More questions about this - how do I tie the ActiveX control to Word so Word
can use it? I want to have my AddIn create the ActiveX objects in Word and
edit/delete them.

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[Wei Lu [MSFT]]

Hello Dave,

From your description, my understanding of this issue is that you want to
insert a ActiveX control into the Word and use the Addin to control the
ActiveX control.

Based on my research, I found that if you want to insert the ActiveX
Control, it will be a lot of works to do. You may need to register the dll
and not all the ActiveX control could be inserted.

So I would like to know whether you could use some alternate approach.

Such as using a Icon to show up at the correct location and use some other
approach to stored the data.


Sincerely,

Wei Lu
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[Wei Lu [MSFT]]

Hello Dave,

Since this issue is related with the one ActiveX control in Word, I will
post all the response there.

Sincerely,

Wei Lu
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