add-in installation does not work on Visio 2003 with .NET framework only

[Yaniv.Jager]

I have created a COM add-in project in VB.NET 1.1 using the
Extensibility Wizard. I
ran the set-up on development machine with VS.NET installed and add-in
runs
fine when I open Visio 2003. But when installing the set-up on a
machine with .NET
framework only and open Visio, the add-in does not work.
I observed that Visio is resetting the load behavior from 3 to 2 when
launched.

 

[Sam Santiago]

I just had a similar problem this week. Our issue was that Visio cannot
find the assemblies for the add-in. You might want to ensure Visio is
loading them. You can use the Assembly Binding Log Viewer to verify this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...tml/assembly_binding_log_viewer_resources.asp

There were two ways around this:

1) Use a COM Shim for your addin:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...dno2k3ta/html/ODC_Office_COM_Shim_Wizards.asp

2) Try strongly signing your assemblies and putting them in the GAC.

Good luck.

Thanks,

Sam

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