Can single automation client program supportOffice 2003 & Office 2007 ??

[agilegeek]

Hi,

I have one automation client program supporting Office 2003. Now I need
to
build support for Office 2007 too. Can a single automation client
provide
support for both Office 2003 and Office 2007 ??? Or do I need to fully
remove
Office 2003 support and use Office 2007 for backward compatibility
also.
What are the best possible solution scenarios ????

thanks in advance.
Abhishek

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi Abishek,

I have one automation client program supporting Office 2003. Now I need
to
build support for Office 2007 too. Can a single automation client
provide
support for both Office 2003 and Office 2007 ??? Or do I need to fully
remove
Office 2003 support and use Office 2007 for backward compatibility
also.
What are the best possible solution scenarios ????

Yes, it's possible. Whether it's practical depends on exactly what you
need to do. For example, if you're using toolbars you may find they don't
present well in Office 2007. In that case, you'd want to create a Ribbon
interface, which Office 2003 doesn't support (meaning your code
implementing that interface would fail in Office 2003).

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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