VSTO Word COM add-in without .NET?

[hafabee]

I have developed a Word Add-in commercial app as a global template. I
use Inno Setup to have my setup.exe install this template in the
WORD/STARTUP folder which works fine as far as it goes.

I would like to redevelop this app as a COM add-in for Word rather than
as a DOT template. I have Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office (VSTO)
and would like to use this to create the COM add-in for Word. The catch
is I want to make the add-in WITHOUT using the .NET framework.

Is this possible? Can anybody point me to a sample or tuturial on this?
I have tried several resources but they are not for VSTO 2005 but
rather for VB6, etc. and I have been unscusessful.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[XL-Dennis]

Hi,

"The catch is I want to make the add-in WITHOUT using the .NET framework"

Develop the COM Add-in with VB 6.0 as it will work with version 2000 to 2007
of Word.

 

[hafabee]

So is there no way at all to create a non-.NET Word COM add-in using
VSTO 2005? None?

 

[Nick Hebb]

So is there no way at all to create a non-.NET Word COM add-in using
VSTO 2005? None?

As far as I know, the most common approaches to writing unmanaged
(i.e., non-.Net) COM add-ins are as follows, ranked by order of
popularity:
- VB6
- Delphi
- C++
- Python

Since you have VSTO, is it safe to assume you have VS 2005? If so, and
you know C++, that maybe your best bet.

Personally, I use VB6 and will probably switch to Delphi in the future.
PIA's look like a PITA. The popularity order above is not scientific -
it's just a guesstimate based on my observations.

-- Nick Hebb
http://www.breezetree.com

 

[Cindy M.]

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Hi Hafabee,

So is there no way at all to create a non-.NET Word COM add-in using
VSTO 2005? None?

No. Certainly not. VSTO *IS* part of Visual Studio .NET. Since it's
NET, it won't create non-.NET.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[hafabee]

Thanks all for your help, I will pursue the C++ COM/ATL option.