Automating the correct version?

[elziko]

When I build an automation application in VB6 the executable is built
against the current version of Office installed on the development machine.
Using the executable on a machine with a different office version causes
errors.

Is there any way of interrogating an executable to find what version of
office it was built for? In a similar way you could see an executable's COM
dependencies?

 

[Jonathan West]

When I build an automation application in VB6 the executable is built
against the current version of Office installed on the development machine.
Using the executable on a machine with a different office version causes
errors.

Is there any way of interrogating an executable to find what version of
office it was built for? In a similar way you could see an executable's COM
dependencies?

For Word, take a look at the following article. The same principle can be
applied to the other Office apps.

Determine If Word is Installed
http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/2002_06/magazine/columns/qa/default_pf.aspx

 

[elziko]

Thans for your reply but perhaps I didn't word my question very well.

I'm looking for a method that given an executable I can find out what
version of office that executable was built for?

 

[Jonathan West]

Thans for your reply but perhaps I didn't word my question very well.

I'm looking for a method that given an executable I can find out what
version of office that executable was built for?

Well, you could look up the COM dependencies and see which version of the
office apps are listed.