office plugin in c#

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timtos

Hello.

I don´t know if this is a totally silly questin because I really don´t know much about the topic. So excuse me if I am wrong.

I want to write a plugin for microsoft office.
In fact I want to write it for visio. It should be some kind of html exporter (I can´t use the one from microsoft)

Of course I could write it in vb(a) but there are two things I don´t like:
1) The user can mess up the program by manipulating the source
2) I can´t use the visual studio ;-)

So is it possible to write and design a program in C# using the visual studio (I´ve seen that it is possible to add some com
components to a solution) where the output is a plugin for visio (or word or whatever) - And this plugin is safe from manipulation?

Thanks for any ideas about this unfortunately very general question!
Greetings,
timtos.
 
Few additions to nicholas' post:

If you are working with the office 11 beta, the Visual Tools For Office[1]
beta is open to the public currently, that provides templates and such for
word & excel programming in vs.net 2003 & Office 11.

If you are using office xp, microsoft provides a set of Primary Interop
Assemblies[2] to use that should simplify your interface implementations, as
they work better than accessing the com objects directly. The office 11
PIA's are included on the installation disc.

(watch for wraps)

1.http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&familyid=9e
0b1b7c-4ab5-40d2-b4d9-5817ab0bc1e5

2.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...familyid=c41bd61e-3060-4f71-a6b4-01feba508e52
 
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