Office PDB symbols

[Madison]

I follow the instructions of http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311503, but I
am still not able to find Office symbols. Where can I get them?

 

[SvenC]

Hi Madison,

I follow the instructions of http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311503,
but I am still not able to find Office symbols. Where can I get them?

Unfortunately they are not public.

I would like to have them, too. Could be of much value when debugging
COM Addins.

Maybe some Microsoft employees here could get the message to the
right people?

 

[Jialiang Ge [MSFT]]

Hello Madision and SvenC,

Office hasn't made its symbols available to the public yet. We internally
held a discussion around it when Office 2007 was released, and it was
decided that this wouldn't be changed for Office 2007. This blog entry from
Microsoft lists part of reasons:
http://blogs.msdn.com/mpower/archive/2005/04/18/409316.aspx

I am sorry for the inconveniences resulting from it when debugging Office
COM Add-ins. If you find any hard issues that cannot be handled without
Office symbols, feel free to contact our Customer Support Services (CSS) at
1-(800)936-5800 or by choosing one of the options listed at
http://support.microsoft.com/common/international.aspx?rdpath=fh;en-us;cntac
tms, where you will get quick, effective and direct assistance from a
Microsoft Support Professional.

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[Madison]

I see. Thanks for the confirmation.

 

[SvenC]

Hi Jialiang,

Office hasn't made its symbols available to the public yet. We
internally held a discussion around it when Office 2007 was released,
and it was decided that this wouldn't be changed for Office 2007.
This blog entry from Microsoft lists part of reasons:
http://blogs.msdn.com/mpower/archive/2005/04/18/409316.aspx

I am sorry for the inconveniences resulting from it when debugging
Office COM Add-ins.

Please bring up this issue to the Office team again so that they can
think about it again. This would help many Addin developors.

Do you know if Microsoft Gold partners could get access to Office
symbols?

 

[Jialiang Ge [MSFT]]

Hello SvenC,

I appreciate your being Microsoft Gold partner. However, as far as I know,
the Office symbols are not available to all the external members at the
moment. I have forwarded your hope to the Office team You are also welcome
to add your supplements by submitting a ticket in our feedback site:
https://connect.microsoft.com/
As we strive to capture any and all product feedback so as to ensure that
we are continuously developing Microsoft products to meet customer needs,
feedback such as yours is always taken very seriously.

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

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[SvenC]

Hi Jialiang,

I appreciate your being Microsoft Gold partner. However, as far as I
know, the Office symbols are not available to all the external
members at the moment. I have forwarded your hope to the Office team
You are also welcome to add your supplements by submitting a ticket
in our feedback site: https://connect.microsoft.com/

I cannot see any Office related connection. I was participant of the
Office 2007 beta but they didn't use connect. Could you give me details
where to place the feedback?

 

[Jialiang Ge [MSFT]]

Hello SvenC,

You can submit the ticket at Visual Studio connect, because it's related to
development.
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio

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

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[SvenC]

Hi Jialiang,

You can submit the ticket at Visual Studio connect, because it's
related to development.
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio

Did it:

https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=339526

 

[Jialiang Ge [MSFT]]

I see, SvenC. Thank you I will also closely monitor the feedback and
do the things that I can to make it come true sooner.

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

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