Com add-ins and Macro security

[Angus Comber]

Hello

The default security on eg Word is macro security high in Word 2002. If I
write a com add-in then will it always run OK? Or will it have the same
problems that VBA code can experience when macro security is set high?

I want this to be as transparent to the user as possible. Ideally also as
easy as possible to deploy as part of a software package.

Angus Comber
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[Zweitze de Vries]

The default security on eg Word is macro security high in Word 2002. If I
write a com add-in then will it always run OK? Or will it have the same
problems that VBA code can experience when macro security is set high?

I want this to be as transparent to the user as possible. Ideally also as
easy as possible to deploy as part of a software package.

The macro security dialog has an option "Trust all add-ins". When it is not
checked, your add-in will not run, unless
you signed your DLL. The user will be asked whether he trusts the signature.
The certificate that you need to sign the DLL, must have a different type
than the macro project.

Word2003 has a security level where nothing is loaded anyway, comparable to
the "safe mode" boot option of Windows 95.