AddIn Shim Wizard for Visual Studion 2005

[jojobar]

Does anyone know if there is a Shim Wizard for Visual Studio 2005? If not,
then any idea why?

 

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

Hi

Thanks for your message!
Here is a link for your reference.
Even Better COM Shims
http://blogs.officezealot.com/whitechapel/archive/2004/11/02/3248.aspx

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Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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[jojobar]

Peter,

Thank you for your reply. Based on the Visual Studio .NET 2003 requirement
listed in the article, I think this is the Shim Wizard that I already have.
If so, it works on VS 2003, but not VS2005.

 

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

Hi

I am sorry I did not make it more clear.
According to the link I provide, the wizard for vs.net 2005 is not released
so far.
I think you would better to monitor our website.

Things I'd like to fix in the next version of the shim (and thanks to
Andrew Clinnick and Misha Shneerson for the good ideas - all the bad ideas
are mine):

1. Make the shim install and work for Whidbey (this is actually done, but I
haven't released this version because I want to squeeze in a couple of the
other improvements before releasing an update).

2. The current shim wizards generate all the C++ code you need, and don't
require you to touch that code, just build it. However, you do have to
build it, and if you accidentally corrupt the code or if you change your
mind about some crucial details, you then either have to re-run the wizard
to generate fresh shim code (admittedly a no-brainer), or edit the code
manually. Also, much of the internal functionality of the shim does not
change from one extension to another.



Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

 

[Ken Wilson]

Hi

I am sorry I did not make it more clear.
According to the link I provide, the wizard for vs.net 2005 is not released
so far.
I think you would better to monitor our website.

Things I'd like to fix in the next version of the shim (and thanks to
Andrew Clinnick and Misha Shneerson for the good ideas - all the bad ideas
are mine):

1. Make the shim install and work for Whidbey (this is actually done, but I
haven't released this version because I want to squeeze in a couple of the
other improvements before releasing an update).

2. The current shim wizards generate all the C++ code you need, and don't
require you to touch that code, just build it. However, you do have to
build it, and if you accidentally corrupt the code or if you change your
mind about some crucial details, you then either have to re-run the wizard
to generate fresh shim code (admittedly a no-brainer), or edit the code
manually. Also, much of the internal functionality of the shim does not
change from one extension to another.



Best regards,

Peter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

My understanding of writing add-ins for Office 2003 with Visual Studio
2005 is that a shim is no longer required. We have written two here,
one for Project and one for Word with no problem and no shim was used
in either.

We do, however, have another problem. Deploying these so they will be
available automatically for everyone in an ALLUSERS installation
(MSI). Where do we put the add-in assemblies and where do the support
assemblies go?

Ken Wilson
Seeking viable employment in Victoria, BC