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hi all,
i want to know about the add-ins written for automating MS
office, are these add-ins basically COM components? and if
so, is there by any means we can create these add-ins
as .NET components? any help in this regards would be
appreciated.
thanks all
csharp.
 
Hi,
i want to know about the add-ins written for automating MS
office, are these add-ins basically COM components?
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Yes, they are (putting .NET-enabled Office 2003 extensibility model aside).
so, is there by any means we can create these add-ins
as .NET components? any help in this regards would be
appreciated.
Click to expand...

Absolutely yes, we can. In Visual Studio .NET, choose

File->New...->Project-> and choose Other Projects->Extensibility Projects
from the Project Types tree view in the dialog window appeared. Choose the
"Shared Add-in" project and off you go!
 
hi,
thank u so much for the info provided.
i have one more doubt regarding this.
these add-ins(as i understand) are basically nothing
but .dll files. so is it possible to open up any other
application thruogh these add-ins into any of the MS
office applications.
i mean what i am trying to achive here is that, i want to
be able to open another application(e.g.any graphics file)
into the MS office application. and as far as i
understand, the only way to program office application is
by either writing macros or add-ins. so is it possible to
open any other application through these add-ins.
any ideas/suggestions on this would be appreciated.
thanks in advance
regards
csharp
-----Original Message-----
Hi,
i want to know about the add-ins written for automating MS
office, are these add-ins basically COM components?
Click to expand...

Yes, they are (putting .NET-enabled Office 2003 extensibility model aside).
so, is there by any means we can create these add-ins
as .NET components? any help in this regards would be
appreciated.
Click to expand...

Absolutely yes, we can. In Visual Studio .NET, choose

File->New...->Project-> and choose Other Projects-
Extensibility Projects
from the Project Types tree view in the dialog window appeared. Choose the
"Shared Add-in" project and off you go!

--
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
X-Unity Test Studio
http://x-unity.miik.com.ua/teststudio.aspx
Bring the power of unit testing to VS .NET IDE

hi all,
i want to know about the add-ins written for automating MS
office, are these add-ins basically COM components? and if
so, is there by any means we can create these add-ins
as .NET components? any help in this regards would be
appreciated.
thanks all
csharp.
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i mean what i am trying to achive here is that, i want to
be able to open another application(e.g.any graphics file)
into the MS office application.
Click to expand...

I'm afraid I still don't get you. A graphics file is not an application,
it's just what it is - a file.
I think you can insert a graphics file to a document from an add-in if this
is what you need.

--
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
X-Unity Test Studio
http://x-unity.miik.com.ua/teststudio.aspx
Bring the power of unit testing to VS .NET IDE

hi,
thank u so much for the info provided.
i have one more doubt regarding this.
these add-ins(as i understand) are basically nothing
but .dll files. so is it possible to open up any other
application thruogh these add-ins into any of the MS
office applications.
i mean what i am trying to achive here is that, i want to
be able to open another application(e.g.any graphics file)
into the MS office application. and as far as i
understand, the only way to program office application is
by either writing macros or add-ins. so is it possible to
open any other application through these add-ins.
any ideas/suggestions on this would be appreciated.
thanks in advance
regards
csharp
-----Original Message-----
Hi,
i want to know about the add-ins written for automating MS
office, are these add-ins basically COM components?
Click to expand...

Yes, they are (putting .NET-enabled Office 2003 extensibility model aside).
so, is there by any means we can create these add-ins
as .NET components? any help in this regards would be
appreciated.
Click to expand...

Absolutely yes, we can. In Visual Studio .NET, choose

File->New...->Project-> and choose Other Projects-
Extensibility Projects
from the Project Types tree view in the dialog window appeared. Choose the
"Shared Add-in" project and off you go!

--
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
X-Unity Test Studio
http://x-unity.miik.com.ua/teststudio.aspx
Bring the power of unit testing to VS .NET IDE

hi all,
i want to know about the add-ins written for automating MS
office, are these add-ins basically COM components? and if
so, is there by any means we can create these add-ins
as .NET components? any help in this regards would be
appreciated.
thanks all
csharp.
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hi,
thank you once again.
im sorry,ya, actually i meant a graphics file itself.what
i want to know is that,this graphics file maybe created in
any programming language(e.g C#, java3d),so is it possible
to call(or rather open) this kind of a file from a add-in?
And is VBA the only option to write add-ins?
what is the difference between a add-in and a COM add-in?
thank you once again,
csharp.
-----Original Message-----
i mean what i am trying to achive here is that, i want to
be able to open another application(e.g.any graphics file)
into the MS office application.
Click to expand...

I'm afraid I still don't get you. A graphics file is not an application,
it's just what it is - a file.
I think you can insert a graphics file to a document from an add-in if this
is what you need.

--
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
X-Unity Test Studio
http://x-unity.miik.com.ua/teststudio.aspx
Bring the power of unit testing to VS .NET IDE

hi,
thank u so much for the info provided.
i have one more doubt regarding this.
these add-ins(as i understand) are basically nothing
but .dll files. so is it possible to open up any other
application thruogh these add-ins into any of the MS
office applications.
i mean what i am trying to achive here is that, i want to
be able to open another application(e.g.any graphics file)
into the MS office application. and as far as i
understand, the only way to program office application is
by either writing macros or add-ins. so is it possible to
open any other application through these add-ins.
any ideas/suggestions on this would be appreciated.
thanks in advance
regards
csharp
-----Original Message-----
Hi,

i want to know about the add-ins written for
Click to expand...
automating
MS
office, are these add-ins basically COM components?

Yes, they are (putting .NET-enabled Office 2003 extensibility model aside).

so, is there by any means we can create these add-ins
as .NET components? any help in this regards would be
appreciated.

Absolutely yes, we can. In Visual Studio .NET, choose

File->New...->Project-> and choose Other Projects-
Extensibility Projects
from the Project Types tree view in the dialog window appeared. Choose the
"Shared Add-in" project and off you go!

--
Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]
X-Unity Test Studio
http://x-unity.miik.com.ua/teststudio.aspx
Bring the power of unit testing to VS .NET IDE

hi all,
i want to know about the add-ins written for
Click to expand...
automating
MS
office, are these add-ins basically COM components?
Click to expand...
and
if
so, is there by any means we can create these add-ins
as .NET components? any help in this regards would be
appreciated.
thanks all
csharp.

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so is it possible
to call(or rather open) this kind of a file from a add-in?
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Generally speaking, an add-in can perform almost any operation that can be
carried out through the GUI.
Application automation models tend to be somewhat restrictive though, so
there usually are operations that cannot be performed by an add-in.

I am not sure what do you mean by "opening" a file from an add-in. I believe
you can open any file the application hosting the add-in supports. For
example, Excel understands .xls, .csv and .xml files, so an add-in can tell
Excel to open any such file. As for images, they are usually not open as
separate files, they are rather inserted to documents - and yes, in all
probability you can insert any image the host application can read and
process to an active document from an add-in.
And is VBA the only option to write add-ins?
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Definitely not! Usually macros are written in VBA, not add-ins.
what is the difference between a add-in and a COM add-in?
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COM add-ins are stand-alone COM components developed in any COM-enabled
language. As for regular add-ins, I'm afraid I am unable to provide you with
the exact definition - am not an Office automation expert. I think you
should re-post your question to the appropriate newsgroup as it has almost
nothing to do with the .NET Framework.
 
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