Are Office PIAs Backward Compatible?

[Gian U. Uy]

Hi guys,

I would just like to know if a recent version of an Office Primary InterOp
Assembly [PIA] (for example, a PIA for Office 2003) is backward compatible.
So even if the MS Office installed on a workstation is Office 2000, my .net
winform app can properly interface with Office applications such as Word and
Excel.

 

[Miha Markic]

Hi,

I don't think so.

 

[Gian U. Uy]

Could you give me some references on how to go about it?

Hi,

I don't think so.

--
Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & development
miha at rthand com
www.rthand.com

Hi guys,

I would just like to know if a recent version of an Office Primary InterOp
Assembly [PIA] (for example, a PIA for Office 2003) is backward compatible.
So even if the MS Office installed on a workstation is Office 2000, my .net
winform app can properly interface with Office applications such as Word and
Excel.

 

[Miha Markic]

Hi Gian,

I guess you'll have to import manually the libraries (creating wrapper) for
the version you want.

--
Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & development
miha at rthand com
www.rthand.com

Could you give me some references on how to go about it?

Hi,

I don't think so.

--
Miha Markic - RightHand .NET consulting & development
miha at rthand com
www.rthand.com

Hi guys,

I would just like to know if a recent version of an Office Primary InterOp
Assembly [PIA] (for example, a PIA for Office 2003) is backward compatible.
So even if the MS Office installed on a workstation is Office 2000, my .net
winform app can properly interface with Office applications such as

Word
and

Excel.

 

[Paul Clement]

¤ Hi guys,
¤
¤ I would just like to know if a recent version of an Office Primary InterOp
¤ Assembly [PIA] (for example, a PIA for Office 2003) is backward compatible.
¤ So even if the MS Office installed on a workstation is Office 2000, my .net
¤ winform app can properly interface with Office applications such as Word and
¤ Excel.
¤

If your application can support multiple versions of the Office applications you may want to
consider using late binding:

HOW TO: Use Visual Basic .NET for Binding for Office Automation Servers
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;304661


Paul ~~~ (e-mail address removed)
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)

 

[Gian U. Uy]

Hey thanks!!!

This really solved my problem!!!

¤ Hi guys,
¤
¤ I would just like to know if a recent version of an Office Primary InterOp
¤ Assembly [PIA] (for example, a PIA for Office 2003) is backward compatible.
¤ So even if the MS Office installed on a workstation is Office 2000, my ..net
¤ winform app can properly interface with Office applications such as Word and
¤ Excel.
¤

If your application can support multiple versions of the Office applications you may want to
consider using late binding:

HOW TO: Use Visual Basic .NET for Binding for Office Automation Servers
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;304661


Paul ~~~ (e-mail address removed)
Microsoft MVP (Visual Basic)