COM Addin for Word 2002 does not register properly

[MSDNDEV]

I have written code using the VS 2005 shared-addin project to add-in a
button menu on Word 2003 and it works fine when Word 2003 opens. I use the
Microsoft.Office.Core (office.dll) reference (Microsoft Office 11.0 Object
Libary). However when I try to use the same method for Word 2002,
Microsoft.Office.Core(Interop.Microsoft.Office.Core) refeence (Microsoft
Office 10.0 Object Library Word 2002 does not include the Add-In. I can see
the add-in connect code with the proper load behavior of 2 (start on load).
Everything looks fine in registry, but the add-in doesn't appear in Word
2002.
Thanks.

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

For any Office addin the rule of thumb is to develop using the PIA's for the
oldest version of the application you intend to support. You would need to
reference the Office and Word 2002 PIA's.

 

[MSDNDEV]

Registering the PIAs helped. I found the additional information at:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa163987(office.10).aspx#odc_oxppias_topic7

However, there was one more issue, I needed to resolve. The .NET framework
needed to be updated to include extensibility. Information at:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908002/en-us