COM addin for office 2003 (repost)

[Kevin]

since I didn't get answer from my last post, here I post my question again,
I know all MVPs out there are busy, hopefully this time my question get
an answer.

this is not a touch question, I need to find out why the COM addin won't
load on the client machine, the addin works find on my local machine,
but when I install it on the client machine using the installer from the
project,
the COM addin won't load(btw, it's a word 2003 addin), it's a full
installation
of office 2k3 pro on the client machine, so there shouldn't be any problem
relation to the PIA. how can I trouble shoot this deployment problem?

thx


Kevin

 

[Siew Moi Khor [MS]]

Hi Kevin,
Could you please list what files you packaged into your setup? For eg, did
you also package extensiblity.dll which is needed? You should not package
any of the Office 2003 PIAs.

of office 2k3 pro on the client machine, so there shouldn't be any problem
relation to the PIA.

Not necessarily. For eg, if .NET Framework 1.1 isn't installed when you
install Office 2003, you don't get the PIAs (if it's a complete install) or
the PIAs won't be advertised (install on demand) for typical install.

Siew Moi

 

[Kevin]

Siew

The dlls in the package are:

extensibility.dll
Microsoft.VBE.Interop.dll
office.dll

..NET framework was installed prior to office 2k3 pro installation.

no dll is mannually added to the installer.

Kevin

 

[Siew Moi Khor [MS]]

Hi Kevin,

extensibility.dll Good.

Microsoft.VBE.Interop.dll

You don't have to package the above as it ships with Office 2003. Do you
see it in your dev machine GAC showing v11.0.0.0? Also when you look at the
Copy Local and path pros of that PIA in VS, what are their values?

office.dll

First you don't have to package an office PIA for Office 2003. Secondly,
you're using the wrong version office PIA for Office 2003. See my post here
re which one to use:
http://groups.google.com/groups?dq=&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&th=7444019b81c6aaad.
The correct Office PIA copy local prop should be "False" and Path prop
should be:
C:\WINDOWS\assembly\GAC\Office\11.0.0.0__71e9bce111e9429c\Office.dll

no dll is mannually added to the installer.

If you highlight "Primary output from <your com addin>, what is the File
value? (expand the KeyOutput node)

Siew Moi
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