Problem loading addin

[Rui Silva]

Hello!

I’m trying to migrate an Excel addin from Visual Studio 2003 to 2005.
This Excel addin was built as a shared addin (IDTExtensibility2).
My Visual Studio version is the 2005 Professional Edition (with SP1).
The Excel Version is the 2003 Professional Edition (with SP2).

When I try to test the addin with VS 2005, the addin doesn’t load…
In fact, after running Excel the LoadBehaviour in the Windows Registry is
automatically changed from 3 to 2!

Note:
In the “Deactivated Items†(Help Menu) there are no items listed.

Thanks

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

My guess is that your add-in hits a runtime error when it loads, and
hence Excel disables it. Have you run it in debug mode from within VS?

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[Walt]

If you aren't running this on your development machine, then you'll have to
also include the extensibility files.

 

[Rui Silva]

Hello Patrick,

For better testing this, I have created an empty shared addin for Execel.
Then I inserted breakpoint in the OnConnection function.
However the application didn’t stop in that function…

In the “Deactivated Items†(Help Menu) there are no items listed.

If I try to do the same with VS 2003, the addin works as expected.

My guess is that your add-in hits a runtime error when it loads, and
hence Excel disables it. Have you run it in debug mode from within VS?

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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Hello!

I'm trying to migrate an Excel addin from Visual Studio 2003 to 2005.
This Excel addin was built as a shared addin (IDTExtensibility2).
My Visual Studio version is the 2005 Professional Edition (with SP1).
The Excel Version is the 2003 Professional Edition (with SP2).

When I try to test the addin with VS 2005, the addin doesn't load.
In fact, after running Excel the LoadBehaviour in the Windows Registry is
automatically changed from 3 to 2!

Note:
In the "Deactivated Items" (Help Menu) there are no items listed.

Thanks

 

[Rui Silva]

Hello Walt,

I am running it on my develop machine.
Even when I’m creating a new addin in VS2005, it doesn’t load.

 

[Rui Silva]

More information about this…

Initially I was able to create and load my Office addins (as shared addins)
in VS 2003.
Then, I have installed a few Express Editions (VB, C# and Web).
After that, I have installed VS2005 Professional (as an upgrade version for
VS2003).
In spite I have the template to create shared addins in VS2005, I can’t run
and load any addin.
I have migrated easily all kind of projects, except shared addins…
Any help?

Thanks!