PowerPoint adding button removal

[Nick]

Hi there,

I'm trying to find out the correct procedure for removing a toolbar
button from powerpoint that has been created with an addin. Examples I have
seen remove the button on shutting down the adding and add it again the next
time it starts up, this causes the buttons saved location to get lost.
Would I be right in saying that I need to launch PowerPoint upon
uninstallation of the adding and remove the button then? Thanks loads in
advance for any help.

 

[Nick]

"Adding" -> "Add-in", sorry! :-|

 

[Nick]

My theory was correct, using the powerpoint application object you can get a
reference to the toolbar button, remove it then quit upon uninstallation.

Nick.

"Adding" -> "Add-in", sorry! :-|

 

[- B@rney]

Several issues to address here:

1) Are you using Visual Studio's Shared Add-In project type?

If so, you can add a Setup Project and the .msi that gets built do the
installation and uninstallation for you.

2) Keeping the position of a button for furture use has been addressed by
David Thielen here:
http://thielen.typepad.com/programming/2005/06/saverestore_too.html

HTH

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My theory was correct, using the powerpoint application object you can get a
reference to the toolbar button, remove it then quit upon uninstallation.

Nick.

 

[Nick]

Hi there,

Unfortunately the MSI does not handle removing the button, it simply
unregisters the COM object, nothing more. I've modified the code to launch
PPT and remove the button upon uninstallation and it works great now.

Cheers for your help.

Nick.

Several issues to address here:

1) Are you using Visual Studio's Shared Add-In project type?

If so, you can add a Setup Project and the .msi that gets built do the
installation and uninstallation for you.

2) Keeping the position of a button for furture use has been addressed by
David Thielen here:
http://thielen.typepad.com/programming/2005/06/saverestore_too.html

HTH