J
Jay
I wondered what Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office would allow me to do better than just using VBA.
Does anyone have any experiences?
Does anyone have any experiences?
W
Word Heretic
G'day "Jay" <nospam>,
VS lets us compile stand-alone DLLs.
Steve Hudson - Word Heretic
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Jay reckoned:
VS lets us compile stand-alone DLLs.
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Jay reckoned:
C
Cindy M -WordMVP-
Hi Jay,
classes with code "built into" a Word document. It also provides programmed
support for creating your own task panes and for data caching/exchange.
On the downside, the solutions can be complicated to distribute outside a
company-owned network since the code components don't actually travel with the
document, but are contained in a separate assembly package. And trust must be
granted to the assembly, as with any .NET solution.
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
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In a nutshell: It makes it possible for you to use the .NET Framework library
classes with code "built into" a Word document. It also provides programmed
support for creating your own task panes and for data caching/exchange.
On the downside, the solutions can be complicated to distribute outside a
company-owned network since the code components don't actually travel with the
document, but are contained in a separate assembly package. And trust must be
granted to the assembly, as with any .NET solution.
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org
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W
Word Heretic
G'day Cindy M -WordMVP- <[email protected]>,
Cindy, I am using some of the .Net framework from within vba, so I
guess you are saying there is more.
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Cindy, I am using some of the .Net framework from within vba, so I
guess you are saying there is more.
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Cindy M -WordMVP- reckoned:
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Cindy M -WordMVP-
Hi Steve,
using a call-back? You're "hacking" a managed DLL using the
Windows API?
Considering the question has been asked in the vba.beginners
group, these approaches are somewhat "out-of-scope", I
think...
Since Jay was asking what VSTO can do, as opposed to VBA, the
ability to create independent DLLs is somewhat irrelevant...
-- Cindy Meister
Can you expand on this? You have a managed Addin and are
using a call-back? You're "hacking" a managed DLL using the
Windows API?
Considering the question has been asked in the vba.beginners
group, these approaches are somewhat "out-of-scope", I
think...
Since Jay was asking what VSTO can do, as opposed to VBA, the
ability to create independent DLLs is somewhat irrelevant...
-- Cindy Meister
J
Jay
Thanks for all the replies.
Yes, I'm a 'relative' beginner in VBA for Word, but I am happy for others to ask non-beginners
follow-up questions in this thread.
Jay
using a call-back? You're "hacking" a managed DLL using the
Windows API?
Considering the question has been asked in the vba.beginners
group, these approaches are somewhat "out-of-scope", I
think...
Since Jay was asking what VSTO can do, as opposed to VBA, the
ability to create independent DLLs is somewhat irrelevant...
-- Cindy Meister
Yes, I'm a 'relative' beginner in VBA for Word, but I am happy for others to ask non-beginners
follow-up questions in this thread.
Jay
Can you expand on this? You have a managed Addin and are
using a call-back? You're "hacking" a managed DLL using the
Windows API?
Considering the question has been asked in the vba.beginners
group, these approaches are somewhat "out-of-scope", I
think...
Since Jay was asking what VSTO can do, as opposed to VBA, the
ability to create independent DLLs is somewhat irrelevant...
-- Cindy Meister