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  • Excel: Dynamically creating controls + refresh problem
    by Michael Jensen.
    5 Replies
    Last post by Michael Jensen.
      • Hey. I am creating a certain number of checkboxes dynamically. My problem is that if user moves cursor or press a mousebutton while checkboxes are being generated then the checkboxes aren't painted onto the screen. Basically they aren't visible. Its only if user moves cursor over them they become visible. I know I can remove ScreenUpdating but I would like it if all the ch
  • VSTO - for Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2
    by Grant Jenkins
    1 Replies
    Last post by Geoff Darst - MSFT
      • Hi, Is there a version of VSTO that will run on Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 Thanks, Grant.
  • Word deployment question
    by tr7
    1 Replies
    Last post by Misha Shneerson - MSFT
      • Hi, I have to explain a scenario for deploying a VSTO Word customization to a company which uses a document management system like Mailsite or DeskSite, so I'd like to verify that I have the correct scenario. First, of course the assembly would have to be on a network server. The template I suppose would also be located on a network drive. So after the user saves the new template as a new d
  • Disable this addin
    by EB78
    3 Replies
    Last post by Misha Shneerson - MSFT
      • Hi All, I have AddIn written with VSTO .net 2.0 platform for Outlook 2003. The addin is deployed and installed on the machine level so the registry keys are added under: "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins" In some cases, we noticed that when the user aborts the startup process by shutting down Outlook, the next time he will open OL he will get the old mess
  • Word 2007 Add-in -- Modal Forms
    by pKulandrei
    4 Replies
    Last post by Tadwick
      • Hello everyone, I'm working on a Word 2007 add-in and is using VS 2005 (C#). The add-in contains windows forms that are displayed whenever a button was clicked on the ribbon. I'm loading the forms using the below line of code. myForm.ShowDialog(); When a command button was clicked on the currently loaded windows form, it will unload itself and load a new form. Below is the lines of co
  • Excel.Interop Not Retaining Column Width On Save
    by Mark Phillips
    1 Replies
    Last post by Misha Shneerson - MSFT
      • Hi, I need to open an Excel file using Interop, resize a column and then save the file, insuring that the worksheet retains the newly resized column width.  As I step through the code all is working fine.  But when I reopen the file the new column width has not been saved.  If I open the file manually, resize the column, then save, the file retains the new column widt
  • COM addin adds over 10 seconds to Microsoft Word startup time
    by J-Man577323
    14 Replies
    Last post by X4U
      • I built an extensibility addin using the wizard in VS-2003 for Microsoft Word. When installed, it adds over 10 seconds to Word's startup time. Does anyone have any ideas on why this is happening The Excel addin I created does not have this problem. The delay appears to come before the OnConnection sub is called. CPU usage is 0% during this delay.
  • Outlook 2007 - MailItem.SenderEmailAddress - ReadOnly problem
    by Dessus
    2 Replies
    Last post by Sue Mosher - Outlook MVP
      • Hi, I am having an issue with a readonly variable which i would like to assign to. I imagine I am not accessing it correctly The code is below. Thanks for any help in advance. (sorry code block on this forum is not working for me atm). void Inspectors_NewInspector(Outlook.Inspector Inspector) { .... _mi.Open += new Outlook.ItemEvents_10_OpenEventHandler(mi_Open); .... } vo
  • Why does an Excel Automation add-in load on Excel start up (and not on-demand as expected)
    by Pete_J
    4 Replies
    Last post by Pete_J
      • Hi, We have created an automation add-in for adding hotkeys to Excel 2007. On two developers machines/profiles, the automation add-in is invoked on Excel start up, and on the third, the add-in starts up as expected - on demand when our function is called [i.e. when a shortcut/hotkey combination is pressed]. So.... 1) What could be causing the Automation add-in to load on Ex
  • VSTO 2005 SE Runtime Installation in MetaFrame Environment
    by Pili Hazelnut
    2 Replies
    Last post by Pili Hazelnut
      • I would like to deploy a VSTO 2005 SE Word Add-In in a Metaframe Environment. The administrators asked me to check, whether the runtime can be installed in a Metaframe Environment and what the costs of resources are. I couldn't find any information in the install instructions so far. Does anyone have any experience with this issue thanks for your help.
  • VSTO Excel - Dropdown functionality in the Ribbon
    by mtatro
    2 Replies
    Last post by jmac82
      • I have created a VSTO plug-in for Excel and am using several dropdowns on my custom ribbon. I need to be able to do the following things: When a user selects a value from one dropdown, I need to dynamically clear the values in another dropdown and then reload the values. I know how to load values, but I cannot figure out how to clear values in another dropdown when the selection changes. I also ca
  • Inserting before a footer?
    by r_daneel
    10 Replies
    Last post by r_daneel
      • I am working on an application level plug-in for word 2007 and I am trying to figure out how to insert something just before the footer on each page. Is this possible I am not concerned about it affecting pagination.
  • Outlook Message Headers
    by DiabboVerdde
    2 Replies
    Last post by DiabboVerdde
      • I'm creating an outlook addin to approve documents. The document itself is a message and when the user right-clicks the message, the approval options appear in the context menu, and user choose to approve or not. My idea was: i put a custom attribute in message headers, and when user right-click the message i try to recognise this header. But i'm having trouble reading message headers. Bas
  • Large Strings (Range.InsertXML)
    by Word Dev
    8 Replies
    Last post by Cindy Meister
      • Hi I am currently developing a reporting application in Word. This report can be quite large. I have recently come accross and error which I fell is a limitation in the VSTO for word. Perhaps there is a another way I can approach this problem. Issue: I have a large datatable (> 11000 rows), i write this to an Xml memory stream and transform it into wordml using an xsl file. (all good so far).
  • VSTO2005SE Windows Installer Sample
    by AustinMyers
    7 Replies
    Last post by AustinMyers
      • Ok, I finally found (after half an hour of mucking around) the outlook samples pointed to in the VSTO deployment walk through. Installed it it and, there is no setsecurity sample. What is going on here Where is this sample Currently I am using an example from a non-MS site because I can NOT find the one spoken of in the walkthrough.
  • Showing modal dialogs from a TabPage on Outlook Property Page
    by Tadwick
    3 Replies
    Last post by Tadwick
      • Hi, I have a button on a an Outlook Property Page that simply calls MessageBox .Show(message, caption, buttons); When the button is on the form canvas it shows the dialog fine but when it is on a TabPage Outlook hangs. Any suggestions Tx, Tad
  • Accessing MS WORD's Format Picture capability
    by CodeMann
    8 Replies
    Last post by Cindy Meister
      • Dear Sir/Madam: I am using the Interop.Word object library in a C# application. My application is nearly finished, but there is one thing I have still not been able to do. I am capturing the active window in my code successfully, as though the user has pressed Alt+PrintScreen. I then paste this into Word like so: Word.Application word = new Word.Application(); word.Documents.Add
  • Issue in Excel report generation
    by RaghuKS
    1 Replies
    Last post by Cindy Meister
      • Hi, We recently migrated to Excel 2002 from Excel 2000 and are facing a wierd problem in the excel report generation through our Java code -- Using MIME type Excel. The issue is while generating the report after certain number of rows the values in the cells loses its numeric characteristics even though same code is used repetetively to display the all the rows. The data is absolutely fine and
  • Office 2003 Pro, 2007 Pro Side by Side Installation
    by S.P.G
    5 Replies
    Last post by Cindy Meister
      • Hello Q1. Is there no seperate Microsoft Office forum in MSDN Q2. I would like to install MS Office 2007 Pro side by side with MS Office 2003 Pro on my personal Vista notebook I am a developer and need to retain both suites. I have 2003 already installed and want to buy and download 2007 from MS Marketplace. Can I do this with the Upgrade version or do I need to buy the Compl
  • VSTO-Outlook AddIn-Which event fires at Send/Receive??
    by m_shane_tx
    4 Replies
    Last post by m_shane_tx
      • Im Using VS 2005 VSTO 2005 SE Office 2003 I am writing an outlook addin that intergrates with our customer service database and I want the addin to check for updates to the database frequently. I am trying to attach to the send/receive action that occurs within Outlook(Either auto S/R or manual S/R) I want the update check to happen everytime Outlook does a send/receive update (even if nothing
  • Appointement add required
    by Pierre Savard
    1 Replies
    Last post by Sue Mosher - Outlook MVP
      • Hi, I try to add required email programmaticaly to a new appointement. This part workgood but the "Save and Close" button do not cange to "Send" like it to if I type the same address directly in the appointment. I found that the AppointementItem.ResponseStatus cange from None to olResponseOrganized but AppointementItem.ResponseStatus are read only. How can I acheive thi
  • Newbie VSTO deployment
    by michal554253
    3 Replies
    Last post by Darryn Lavery -- MSFT
      • Hi all! I've only just started to look at VSTO, as I have an Outlook macro I need to distribute. Currently it's a 'copy the .OTM file, and tell them how to add the macro themselves' job. yuk So I look about and VSTO seems to be the way forward! However, the prerequisites for every machine seems a bit much 1) .NET 2.0 - we have this installed, so it's cool 2) Standalone Outlook 2003 - we have it i
  • Detaching VSTO customization
    by Steve 5656565656
    11 Replies
    Last post by Steve 5656565656
      • Hello, I have a Word 2003 document with VSTO customization. I want to be able to save this document with VSTO customization to a separate folder where the associated VSTO dll does not exist. When opening this newly saved document, I receive the 'Customization assembly could not be found..." message. I need to be able to strip away the VSTO customization from this document so the docume
  • VSTO deployment and existing excel addins
    by Swapnil11a
    1 Replies
    Last post by Dennis Wallentin
      • Hi, I have a VSTO C# assembly and is supposed to be loaded in Excel 2003. When I open the excel file, it gives me "The customization assembly could not be found or could not be loaded" error. When I uncheck the excel addins (esp. Analysis ToolPak) and then open the excel file it works fine. After the file is loaded, I check the addins, everything works fine. To summarize: Scenar
  • What is the format of a Word hyperlink that uses a Range?
    by Dave Jenkins
    1 Replies
    Last post by Christa Carpentiere - MSFT
      • Note: I posted this question to office.developer.automation three weeks ago and only received one response (thanks Cimdy M). Unfortunately, she didn't have an answer. Since I'm using VSTO to create these hyperlinks, I think it's a fair question for this forum also. I need to know the format for a hyperlink that jumps to a specific location in a Word document. I can create these hyperlinks manuall