Word COM add-in installation??

[Marc Thompson]

Hello,

I have a com add-in for Word 2003. I also have a Deployment Project in
VS.NET that I use to create the installation package for the add-in.
Everything works fine except one thing. If the installation package runs
and the client's machine has WINWORD.EXE running, the COM won't begin
running until WINWORD.EXE is closed then restarted. Any ideas on how to get
around this?

Thanks!

Marc.

 

[Thomas Winter]

Hello,

I have a com add-in for Word 2003. I also have a Deployment Project in
VS.NET that I use to create the installation package for the add-in.
Everything works fine except one thing. If the installation package runs
and the client's machine has WINWORD.EXE running, the COM won't begin
running until WINWORD.EXE is closed then restarted. Any ideas on how to get
around this?

Thanks!

Marc.

This is normal.

You MIGHT be able to start the COM Add-In through the COM Add-Ins dialog
box. In Word, the only way to get to this dialog box in by using TOOLS |
CUSTOMIZE and locating and dragging the COM Add-Ins button out onto your
toolbar. Once you're in the dialog box, your add-in MIGHT show up, in which
case you can check it to turn it on. Word may only check the list of COM
Add-Ins when it starts, in which case, you're out of luck. I don't think it
is unreasonable to ask the user to close Word during the installation.
That's what most setup programs tell you to do, make sure all your
applications are closed first.

Tom

 

[Kevin]

I have a similar problem in my word 2003 addin too, but my addin won't even
load. it works fine in my dev machine. I also use the installer that created
alone with the addin project, but no luck getting it to work in the client
machine, I read sometime about distributing the PIAs, but I have the full
installation of office 2003 pro on the client machine.

why won't the COM addin load?


Kevin

 

[Tom Winter]

You should probably start a new thread about this. The original poster was
having a specific installation problem, not just an "it won't start"
problem.

You'll want to mention some of the specifics of your problem. What are you
programming with, VB6, .NET? What is the "installer" you are using?