Automating macro installation - FrontPage 2003

[Andy Kasten]

I'd like to automate macro installation for the macros I've developed in
FrontPage 2003 VBA so that my end-users, who feel lost and confused even
opening the VBA Editor, do not have to do so to install my macros. We work
across a network, and while I could set up everyone manually using
netmeeting, I'd prefer not to do that, and I'm sure I shouldn't have to.

I've considered trying to develop a COM Add-in or even self-extracting
installation files, but these are very new concepts for me and I'm having a
lot of trouble figuring out how to go about doing either of them. I don't
seem to be able to develop Add-Ins in my copy of FP 2003. And I've tried
downloading both Visual Basic Express 2005 and Visual C++ Express 2005 to try
making the Add-Ins, however, I'm not sure how to install the add-ins once
I've made them.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

I've never done this myself, but maybe this will help (?);
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...cf-ef82-44db-a327-443daa7b970f&displaylang=en



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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP - FrontPage





| I'd like to automate macro installation for the macros I've developed in
| FrontPage 2003 VBA so that my end-users, who feel lost and confused even
| opening the VBA Editor, do not have to do so to install my macros. We
work
| across a network, and while I could set up everyone manually using
| netmeeting, I'd prefer not to do that, and I'm sure I shouldn't have to.
|
| I've considered trying to develop a COM Add-in or even self-extracting
| installation files, but these are very new concepts for me and I'm having
a
| lot of trouble figuring out how to go about doing either of them. I don't
| seem to be able to develop Add-Ins in my copy of FP 2003. And I've tried
| downloading both Visual Basic Express 2005 and Visual C++ Express 2005 to
try
| making the Add-Ins, however, I'm not sure how to install the add-ins once
| I've made them.
|
| Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Andy Kasten]

I did see this previously. Unfortunately the directions for this require a
template for setting up an Add-In (in C#) and I don't have access to a
development tool that allows me to use one of those in any language--I'm
stuck using the VisualStudio Express 2005. So while your link does give me
some useful scripts for interop, I'm not sure I'd be able to recreate the
template files and settings on my own to make these scripts work for me.

Maybe I can use Visual Studio 2008 beta 2 pro for this project instead. I
wonder if that would require end-users to have .Net 3.5 beta installed then?