Word add-in deployment

[tartan c via OfficeKB.com]

Hi,

I developed a Word add-in in Visual c# .net, and have been testing it in
Microsoft Word running on the same machine that I developed it on. There were
no real installation issues and it runs fine. I now want to install the add-
in in another computer (that doesn't have Visual c# .net installed).

I tried to install as per instruction at msdn
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q316723

which says to build the <addin>Setup project in Visual C#, copy over the
resulting folder to the target computer and run setup.exe in this folder. I
did this and the setup seemed to work fine but when I subsequently tried
opening the add-in in MS Word, I got the error message "not a valid Office
Add-in". Anybody got any ideas, I'd be very grateful?

Also, I noticed another msdn article about using a shim. How does this differ
from the approach above? Is it just a security issue?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Anne Troy]

Tartan: I assume that you're creating a COM addin (tho I really don't
know)... did you add it appropriately as a COM addin? See:
http://www.officearticles.com/misc/how_to_install_a_com_addin_in_microsoft_office_applications.htm
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Anne Troy
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