Word 2007 Add-in

[jo]

Is it possible to load an add-in from the Word Ribbon once Word has
already been opened? If so, what's the best way to do this?

Thanks

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

Could you explain what you mean with loading it from the Word Ribbon?
The scenario you are picturing would be helpful to us.

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[jo]

Could you explain what you mean with loading it from the Word Ribbon?
The scenario you are picturing would be helpful to us.

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Is it possible to load an add-in from the Word Ribbon once Word has
already been opened? If so, what's the best way to do this?

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I'm using VSTO 2005SE to develop a Word 2007 add-in application. I
would like the users to click a button on the Word Ribbon that would
load the add-in. (The add-in I want to load has several user forms
along with two custom taskpanes - I'm loading/instantiating them in
the application startup event)...I didn't want to have create and load
all these forms and taskpanes unless the user was actually going to
need them.

Is there a way to load a 'low overhead' addin that will put various
other buttons on the user ribbon - buttons for add-ins that will
load on demand?

Thanks for your help.

 

[jo]

Could you explain what you mean with loading it from the Word Ribbon?
The scenario you are picturing would be helpful to us.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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I'm using VSTO 2005SE to develop a Word 2007 add-in application. I
would like the users to click a button on the Word Ribbon that would
load the add-in. (The add-in I want to load has several user forms
along with two custom taskpanes - I'm loading/instantiating them in
the application startup event)...I didn't want to have create and load
all these forms and taskpanes unless the user was actually going to
need them.

Is there a way to load a 'low overhead' addin that will put various
other buttons on the user ribbon - buttons for add-ins that will
load on demand?

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More info - I saw an article on MSDN re: custom task panes, ribbon us
and reusing VBA code by Sergel Gundorov - I would like to use some of
the techniques he described however, I wasn't sure about the reference
to the VBA or EXE program launcher...

Thanks again

 

[Patrick Schmid [MVP]]

Do you have to instantiate them in the application startup event? Could
you instantiate them in a method that gets called later on when the user
clicks the ribbon button?

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Could you explain what you mean with loading it from the Word Ribbon?
The scenario you are picturing would be helpful to us.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues:http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
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Customize Office 2007:http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
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Is it possible to load an add-in from the Word Ribbon once Word has
already been opened? If so, what's the best way to do this?

Thanks- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

I'm using VSTO 2005SE to develop a Word 2007 add-in application. I
would like the users to click a button on the Word Ribbon that would
load the add-in. (The add-in I want to load has several user forms
along with two custom taskpanes - I'm loading/instantiating them in
the application startup event)...I didn't want to have create and load
all these forms and taskpanes unless the user was actually going to
need them.

Is there a way to load a 'low overhead' addin that will put various
other buttons on the user ribbon - buttons for add-ins that will
load on demand?

Thanks for your help.

 

[jo]

Do you have to instantiate them in the application startup event? Could
you instantiate them in a method that gets called later on when the user
clicks the ribbon button?

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------http://pschmid.net
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Could you explain what you mean with loading it from the Word Ribbon?
The scenario you are picturing would be helpful to us.
Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
--------------http://pschmid.net
***
Office 2007 RTM Issues:http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/11/13/80
***
Customize Office 2007:http://pschmid.net/office2007/customize
RibbonCustomizer Add-In:http://pschmid.net/office2007/ribboncustomizer
OneNote 2007:http://pschmid.net/office2007/onenote
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Is it possible to load an add-in from the Word Ribbon once Word has
already been opened? If so, what's the best way to do this?
Thanks- Hide quoted text -
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I'm using VSTO 2005SE to develop a Word 2007 add-in application. I
would like the users to click a button on the Word Ribbon that would
load the add-in. (The add-in I want to load has several user forms
along with two custom taskpanes - I'm loading/instantiating them in
the application startup event)...I didn't want to have create and load
all these forms and taskpanes unless the user was actually going to
need them.

Is there a way to load a 'low overhead' addin that will put various
other buttons on the user ribbon - buttons for add-ins that will
load on demand?

Thanks for your help.- Hide quoted text -

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I will give it a try....for some reason, I thought they had to be
created in the startup event....

Thanks