VS 2005 com add-ins and Office version

[dimosc]

Hi, I cannot find clear information on the match between development
environment versions and MS Office version regarding the development of
COM add-ins. I know that you can use VB6 to write COM add-ins for
Office 2000+.

I think you can also use VS 2003 (.NET 1.1) to develop AOM add-ins for
Office 2000+ but how about developing in VS 2005 and .NET 2.0? Can I
use VS 2005 and .NET 2.0 to develop COM add-ins for Office 2000, XP and
2003 OR it has to be Office 2003 only?

Thanks,
Dimos

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Can I

use VS 2005 and .NET 2.0 to develop COM add-ins for Office 2000, XP and
2003 OR it has to be Office 2003 only?

Yes, you can use VS 2005 to develop COM-Addins for Office 2000+. But in
order to use any currently available version of VSTO (Visual Studio Tools
for Office) the version of Office must be 2003.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 8 2004)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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