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I thought that I should flag for the new diagnostic tool, AddInSpy, from MSFT. I have only started out to test it but I already like what I see. It can be a valuable source to detect present status for individual COM add-ins of all kind, i.e. managed, VSTO and unmanaged and provide a great number of...
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When we install new software we usually are given the options to either install it to “Everyone” or “Just Me”. Under normal conditions this is not an issue but suppose that we only want to install the software to either the person (”Just Me”) who installs it or to...
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At present my time table does not permit me to explore new things so I have postponed delving into some areas to the next year.
However, in some cases I have made some research to get access to interesting sources and tools which I hope will help me out. LINQ is one area that is of high interest which...
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I can create COM add-ins based on the Shared Add-in template in VS 2008 and they all work well on my developing computer. However, I got an issue when I tried to deploy them on configurations where only .NET Framework 2.0 is installed.
In the New Project dialog we can select the targeting .NET Framework...
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Recently I faced a situation where I created a managed COM add-in, based on the Shared Add-in template in VS 2008, which didn’t work at all. The configuration I work with is: Windows XP with SP-3 Office 2003 with SP-3
VS 2008 I had no issue to create the managed COM add-in but when I debugged it...
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A new and time consuming project keeps me busy so at present I don’t have the time to post here on a regular basis. Anyway, the following links points to several recently published articles by MSFT. Finally, the version 1.0 of Open XML Format SDK is released. It provides us with new tools to interact...
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Nowadays it’s a common task to retrieve data from databases and put the data into MS Excel. The acquired data is usually part of the information in decision processes. The data that is stored in databases are either collected automatically or manually. The process of collecting data manually can...
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Introduction
After the release of .NET Co Library I immediately received some inputs indicating that the add-in does not work with Excel 2003 on Windows Vista. For some unknown reasons, at least for me, this configuration was not tested before I released the add-in. (It was tested on Windows Vista where...
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In some forums I frequent (more precisely lurking around) the question “How can we open Excel workbooks in .NET solutions?” is raised from time to time. Usually it does not refer to how to read data from closed Excel workbooks rather how to open and work with workbooks in VB.NET and in a...
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To read previously posts about the .NET Co Library please see the following entries:
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Based on input from some testers I decided to implement a dedicated Windows form to only insert code into modules with. However, all other ideas and suggestions may only be considered...