Can I associate a smart tag with an custom object?

[Mark]

Hi

I want to associate a smart tag with a custom object within Word, Excel,
Powerpoint. The objects can be a table, chart or text that have special
properties which enable its contents to be remotely updated from a web server
(via SOAP/XML interface). I want to associate a smart tag with these object
types to enable users to perform certain actions on the object, such as
"refreshing" the table, chart, text from the remote web server.

After reading all about Smart Tags, I am sure this is possible, though
possibly Smart tags are not the best solution. If I use Smart tags, I would
not need to code a recogniser, as the object would only need to be associated
with a smart tag and its actions upon creation. I was thinking that perhaps a
better way to do this would be to provide a context-sensitive pop-up menu for
each object and enable the user actions through this menu.

Does anyone have any advice on this topic?

Regards
M

 

[Mark]

Additionally, I need the solution to ideally be backwards compatible with
Office 2K, XP and 2003. Smarts tags were only introduced in Office XP, so I
would not be able to use that solution in Office 2K. Any thoughts on this?

Thanks again
Mark