Creating a Word Application instance with not AddIns

[Ramon Gene]

Hello:

I am doing some Word 2007 automation with C#. I need to create a new
instance of the Word Application class but prevent any Com AddIn from
loading. I know how to do that from a command line by passing parameters to
winword.exe. Is there a way to do that with automation?

Thanks in advance,
Ramon

 

[Jialiang Ge [MSFT]]

Hello Ramon,

From your post, my understanding on this issue is: you wonder how to
automate to create a Word 2007 Application object but prevent any COM
Add-in from loading. If I'm off base, please feel free to let me know.

Based on my research, Word object model does not expose a method to
start-up Word process without loading COM add-ins. It does not allow us to
input the start-up switch "/a" (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/210565)
when we create a Word.Application object either. A possible work-around is
to use Process.Start("winword.exe", "/a"); to start-up the Word process
without add-ins, then use Marshal.GetActiveObject to attach to the running
instance of Word. The KB article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316125
gives a sample for your reference.

I have also sent a mail to the Product team, to consult if it is possible
to create a word instance with parameter "/a" directly using automation. I
will get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.

Regards,
Jialiang Ge ([email protected], remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[Jialiang Ge [MSFT]]

Hello Ramon,

The product team gave me the reply that there is not a direct method to
pass the "/a" switch in automation. Have you tried my work-around in the
last reply? Does it fit your situation? Would you let me know the result of
the suggestion? If you need further assistance, please feel free to let me
know.

Regards,
Jialiang Ge ([email protected], remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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[Ramon Gene]

Hello Jialiang:

Thank you for your response. I haven’t tried the workaround in your
previous suggestion; I was waiting on the response from the product team. It
seems that the Marshal.GetActiveObject method will be the only way to go,
given that there is no way to provide the No-ComAddin parameter to
automation.

Since the only manipulation we are doing is reading information from the
document, we are also evaluating using XPath to query the Word document
(since the documents are in ooxml) and avoid using Office automation
altogether.

I hope that the Word team considers this feature for a future addition to
the Word object model.

Thanks for your help!
Ramon

 

[Jialiang Ge [MSFT]]

Hello Ramon,

Thank you for the suggestion. I will let the product team know the customer
feedback.

Thanks
Jialiang Ge ([email protected], remove 'online.')
Microsoft Online Community Support

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