porting an Office AddIn to Office on the Mac?

[David Thielen]

Hi;

Where can I find the documentation on writing an AddIn for the Mac? We
have an AddIn that runs with the Windows version of Office and we have
requests to port it to the Mac.

Also, I assume C# won't work on the Mac. If So, will it work to write
it in Java?

thanks - dave

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[William Smith [MVP]]

Where can I find the documentation on writing an AddIn for the Mac? We
have an AddIn that runs with the Windows version of Office and we have
requests to port it to the Mac.

Also, I assume C# won't work on the Mac. If So, will it work to write
it in Java?

Hi David!

None of Office 2008 is extensible except via AppleScript. No one can
make plugins.

Please be sure to let Microsoft know you'd like to see this feature in
future versions by using the Help --> Send Feedback mechanism in any
Office application.

The next version of Office for Mac is suppose to include VBA, however,
that is a scripting language and a plugin architecture. Entourage will
most likely only be able to use AppleScript.

You might look into Automator Actions, which are still AppleScript but
you may find them useful.

Hope this helps!

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[David Thielen]

Yuck - we need the full API as we do things based on the document
contents and caret position.

Hi David!

None of Office 2008 is extensible except via AppleScript. No one can
make plugins.

Please be sure to let Microsoft know you'd like to see this feature in
future versions by using the Help --> Send Feedback mechanism in any
Office application.

The next version of Office for Mac is suppose to include VBA, however,
that is a scripting language and a plugin architecture. Entourage will
most likely only be able to use AppleScript.

You might look into Automator Actions, which are still AppleScript but
you may find them useful.

Hope this helps!

david@[email protected]
Windward Reports -- http://www.WindwardReports.com
me -- http://dave.thielen.com

Cubicle Wars - http://www.windwardreports.com/film.htm