Can I install the Office 2003 PIAs as part of my install.

[David Thielen]

Hi;

Here's the problem. We have a lot of customers who don't have .NET installed
that install our add-in (which is written in C#). The installer has a launch
condition to install .NET so they install .NET after they install Office.

Then when they start Word, there are no PIAs and they are not set to load on
first demand - because .NET was installed after Office. And there is no
message to the user about why the add-in fails, it just fails.

If we install the Office PIAs with our add-in, then this problem goes away.
So, can we install the Office 2003 PIAs?

And if so, should we install them into the GAC?

And if we can't, what is the suggested way to handle this issue since
failing with no message is a very bad way to handle this.

 

[Felix Wang]

Hello Dave,

Thanks for posting.

Office 2003 includes PIAs with the Office 2003 Setup program. The Office
2003 PIAs may be installed with the Office Setup program provided that your
computer has the .NET Framework 1.1 already installed. The Office 2003 PIAs
must not be redistributed with your .NET solutions. The Office 2003 Setup
program is the only supported method for installing the Office 2003 PIAs on
client computers.

Please refer to the following knowledge base article:

Information about designing Office XP add-ins and Office 2003 add-ins by
using the .NET Framework
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=840585

Regards,

Felix Wang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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[David Thielen]

Hi;

The problem with this is all the people who install .NET after installing
Office - which seems to be the vast majority of Office users. Which means we
then need to:

1) Have a launch condition to tell them the Office PIAs are missing.

2) Tell them to reinstall Office (if they can even find their CD).

3) Then tell them to start our install again.

Not a user-friendly experience at all. Is there any way to get permission to
include them in our install? I'm happy to either installl them to the GAC or
install them with our add-in as you prefer.

thanks - dave

 

[Felix Wang]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for your update. I understand your concerns. However, as technical
support staff, I am not qualified to give any comments on the license
issue. You can call 800-426-9400 (select option 4), Monday through Friday,
6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. to speak directly to a Microsoft licensing
specialist.

I hope the information is useful to you.

Regards,

Felix Wang
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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[Lusana]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...3a-ac14-4125-8ba0-d36d67e0f4ad&displaylang=en

are we not able to distribute the above with our installers??

It says "Redistributable".. i thought that would mean that we ARE able to
use these with our installers.

correct me if im wrong.
cheers
Lu

 

[David Thielen]

Yes you can install them - I got an email from MS legal that says it is fione
to do so.

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thanks - dave
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