COM add-in for XP and 2007

[Gopra]

Hi All, I am trying to create a tool with custom task pane that needs to work
on both office 2007 and lower version, can anyone tell me where can i start
for this ?Thanks

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

For what application? Some Office applications support custom task panes
prior to Office 2007, some don't. For example, Outlook doesn't.

 

[Cindy M.]

For what application? Some Office applications support custom task panes

prior to Office 2007, some don't. For example, Outlook doesn't.

Nor Word or Excel. They only support the ISmartDocument interface
ActionsPane (2003 and higher).

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

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[Gopra]

Needs to create an application level add-in on Powerpoint XP and 2007. I
have created thru VSTO 2005 SE it works fine with 2007 (in the devp machine,
still i didn't deploy it) but i want to access this add-in on both the
version. So far i have worked only VBA just now only i am start creating
add-ins using VSTO 2005 SE.
Could you help me on that.

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi Gopra,

Needs to create an application level add-in on Powerpoint XP and 2007. I
have created thru VSTO 2005 SE it works fine with 2007 (in the devp machine,
still i didn't deploy it) but i want to access this add-in on both the
version. So far i have worked only VBA just now only i am start creating
add-ins using VSTO 2005 SE.
Could you help me on that.

What you want to do is NOT possible. Custom Task Panes were not available
before Office 2007. The ActionsPane (for single documents) was introduced in
Office 2003, for Word and Excel, only.

You need to work with a toolbar or a UserForm, there is no other choice.

And VSTO Add-ins are also not designed to work with Office XP, only Office 2003
and later. For earlier versions you need to use the Visual Studio Shared Add-in
template.

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

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