Word COMaddin toolbar is not visible if Word is launched by Automa

[David]

Hi,
We have developed COM addin (C++/ATL) for Word. It has custom toolbar with
buttons. Toolbar is always displayed (visible=true). However if Word documnet
is launched by other application using Automation ( new instance of Word
Application is created) my addin toolbar is not visible but dll is loaded by
Word. In case of Office 2003 I can right-click on toolbars and make my addin
visible by checking on checkbox. In Word 2007 I even cant find where to make
my addin visible , still dll is loaded and appears in Com-addins Window.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance, David

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi David,

We have developed COM addin (C++/ATL) for Word. It has custom toolbar with
buttons. Toolbar is always displayed (visible=true). However if Word documnet
is launched by other application using Automation ( new instance of Word
Application is created) my addin toolbar is not visible but dll is loaded by
Word. In case of Office 2003 I can right-click on toolbars and make my addin
visible by checking on checkbox. In Word 2007 I even cant find where to make
my addin visible , still dll is loaded and appears in Com-addins Window.

Possibly, the other application is suppressing the display of toolbars? I guess
I'd try trapping some events and sending the .Visible = true on those events.
That will tell you whether it *can* display. Most promising, I think, would be
the NewDocument event.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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