Creating complex objects

[fed44]

Hi all,

I am trying to (or would like to) develop an add-on, that allows me to
enter chemistry formulas' in a way similar to the equation editor (hopefully
also with similar look and feel) in a form like:

H
|
H - C - H
|
H

First of all I would like to know if this is even realistic or if I should
just give up? If that is not the case, would it be easier to develop a Word
or a OneNote add-on (I don't really mind)?

I've had a look at VSTO and I first thought content controls would be what I
need but they seemingly only allow you to enter text and they don't allow
you to for instance draw a line or position fields(I mean those textbox like
things you can type in and not the fields such as a date field, don't know
what you would call them). Also would I be using VSTO or what kind of a
project would I need to create? And lastly what language would such a
project require, would c# suffice or would I need to use c++ (though I am
fairly good at both, actually even better in c++ but it still is more work
than c#)?

Thanks
Fed44

 

[David Thielen]

You can do this but the actual editor you will have to write and then
dump the result as a bitmap ContentControl where the bitmap is the
rendering of the forumla.

Hi all,

I am trying to (or would like to) develop an add-on, that allows me to
enter chemistry formulas' in a way similar to the equation editor (hopefully
also with similar look and feel) in a form like:

H
|
H - C - H
|
H

First of all I would like to know if this is even realistic or if I should
just give up? If that is not the case, would it be easier to develop a Word
or a OneNote add-on (I don't really mind)?

I've had a look at VSTO and I first thought content controls would be what I
need but they seemingly only allow you to enter text and they don't allow
you to for instance draw a line or position fields(I mean those textbox like
things you can type in and not the fields such as a date field, don't know
what you would call them). Also would I be using VSTO or what kind of a
project would I need to create? And lastly what language would such a
project require, would c# suffice or would I need to use c++ (though I am
fairly good at both, actually even better in c++ but it still is more work
than c#)?

Thanks
Fed44

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[Chuck]

Have you looked at Chem4Word add-in... check out MS Research. its beta but
awsome.

 

[fed44]

First of all thanks David for your help, though I find it sad that it isn't
exactly possible to create addins that are seemingly native. Not only would
this solution not really allow direct input, but it would also not scale
well. What I also don't really understand is why one paid so much attention
to the fine details such as the Ribbon UI Editor, yet failed to see the big
picture, which would be the initial content of the document ; )

Chuck I'm very interested in that tool, though I am battling to get hold of
it, my first problem being that for some reason either my ISP blocked the
IPaddress or MS Research is blocking mine, making me unable to access the
site, and after getting hold of a friend who allowed me to remote into his
pc, I sadly just cant seem to find a link to download it.

Fed44