ostin

I have Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition, Office 2000, and Outlook, FrontPage & InfoPath 2003. When I purchased VSTO 2005 I chose the upgrade edition since I already have a version of VS. Unfortunately, VSTO will not install because "Microsoft Office 2003 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) is not installed on this computer."

I'll be upgrading to Office 2007 (Small Business). My question is what steps will I need to take in order to be able to install VSTO 2005 before I can install the SE upgrade. I don't know if the VSTO 2005 installer will be "smart enough" to realize that Office 2007 is an upgrade from 2003.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks a bunch.




Re: Visual Studio Tools for Office VSTO 2005 not installed, getting Office 2007 - OK?

Cindy Meister

Hi Ostin

Unfortunately, it won't install. VSTO 2005 (not the SE edition) is specific for Office 2003 PRO (or stand-alone) with at least SP1. It won't install for Office 2007, nor would it be any use to you if it did. VSTO 2005 can't work with Office 2007 documents. The new version, being developer as part of Orcas, will be able to work with Office 2007 documents, but isn't available yet.

You can install the SE "upgrade" at any time. Even if the VSTO 2005 you purchased is not installed. The SE is specifically for creating Add-ins (not document-level projects) and can be installed without the full VSTO.






Re: Visual Studio Tools for Office VSTO 2005 not installed, getting Office 2007 - OK?

ostin

Cindy:

Thank you for the (quasi-bad) news. I tried installing the SE upgrade on its own, only to get this error message:

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System cannot be installed until one of the following products is installed first:

  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Architect Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Developer Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Team Test Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System

Please install one of these products, and then run Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System setup again.

So it looks like I may be up a creek, unless I somehow get a copy of Office 2003 beforehand.

Ostin.






Re: Visual Studio Tools for Office VSTO 2005 not installed, getting Office 2007 - OK?

Cindy Meister

Hi Ostin

Yes, sorry that things aren't working out the way you'd planned. It's a bummer when versions don't match up...

If you are able to get your hands on a valid version of Word, Excel or Office Pro be sure to first uninstall Office 2007 before you try to install it. Make sure the .NET Framework is installed so that the PIAs install. Then VSTO, then Office 2007 (letting it remove Office 2003). Then you can install the SE to create Add-ins for 2007.

-- Cindy






Re: Visual Studio Tools for Office VSTO 2005 not installed, getting Office 2007 - OK?

ostin

Cindy:

Thank you for the info. Only having to pick up Word or Excel is much easier to swallow than getting the full suite, only to turn around and buy the next version anyway.

So, to review the installation timeline:

Office 2000 Pro & individual Office 2003 apps (i.e. Word or Excel).
.NET Framework 2.0 (or 3.0)
Visual Studio 2005 Standard
VSTO 2005
Office 2007 Small Business
VSTO 2005 SE

Thank you again. I truly appreciate your help.

Ostin.






Re: Visual Studio Tools for Office VSTO 2005 not installed, getting Office 2007 - OK?

Cindy Meister

Hi Ostin

I'm getting on shaky ground here, because I've never tried with the software mix you list above. I do know that VSTO is a bit picky about installing if there are mixed versions of Office on a machine. you may run into problems if Office 2000 is also installed.

Also, make sure the .NET Framework is installed BEFORE you try installing an Office 2003 application. Otherwise, the PIAs (the things that let .NET communicate with a COM interface - Office is still COM) won't be installed into the GAC. And if the PIAs aren't there, VSTO won't install.






Re: Visual Studio Tools for Office VSTO 2005 not installed, getting Office 2007 - OK?

ostin

Success!

For those who might be interested, this is what I installed in order:

.NET Framework 2.0 Redistributable
Excel 2003
VSTO 2005
Office 2007 Professional
VSTO 2005 SE

When I go into VS, I have the option of creating both Office 2003 add-ins and Office 2007 add-ins.

Thank you again for your help with this. I appreciate it.

Ostin.