office-2010

Will VSTO add-ins developed for Office 2007 work in Office 2010?

Are the VSTO add-ins that were developed for Office 2007 compatible with Office 2010? If not, what would need to be done to upgrade them to run in 2010? ...

Outlook View Control 2010 (Beta) problems

I am having problems with the new Outlook View Control that ships with Office 2010 (Beta). I can place it on a form (in this case VB6) and see my inbox just as usual. But if I try to call any method on the view control, I get the error "Runtime error '48': Error in loading DLL". What am I doing wrong? Are there some new security feature...

Detect whether Office 2010 is 32bit or 64bit via the registry

Now that Office 2010 also comes in a 64bit install, where in the registry do you find out if the version of Office installed is 32bit or 64bit? ...

Where should addins for Office 2010 put their Options GUI? (and how?)

Up until Office 2007 it was common for addins to add a tab page to the main Options dialog (Tools|Options) where users could configure the addin's settings. While this essentially still works in Office 2010 the way it is implemented seems like a backwards-compatibility clutch similar to the "COM-Addins" tab on the new ribbon where button...

Using Office 2010 web apps with ASP.NET

Would it be possible to use the Office 2010 web apps with an ASP.NET application? For example: - For each user of my ASP.NET application there is a folder with Word documents on my server - The ASP.NET application displays the available documents in a grid to the user - When clicking on one of the documents in the grid, the Word documen...

Visual Studio 2010 RC with Office 2010 and Office 2007 installed

I have Visual Studio 2010 installed on my Windows XP development machine along with Office 2007 Professional and Office 2010 Professional. I am trying to develop several add-ins for Office 2007; however, I prefer to use Office 2010 on a day-to-day basis. How do I set Visual Studio 2010 to install the add-in and open Word 2007 when I pr...

Set Publisher in Word Options Add-Ins Dialog

I have made an addin for Microsoft Word 2010 Beta using Visual Studio 2010 RTM. When I look at "View and manage Microsoft Office Add-ins" the publisher shows up as None. Would code signing with a Software Publisher Certificate fill in the Publisher field? The ClickOnce manifest is signed with a Code Signing certificate. Would signing...

Will the Microsoft Office Information Bridge Framework Work With Office 2010?

I have inherited an application built using the Microsoft Office Information Bridge Framework 1.6. My task is to make this application work with Office 2010. I am testing this on a computer with the Office 2010 beta installed, including .NET programmability support for all features. When I try to install IBF 1.6, the installer won't com...

How to read in Excel file in Win7 64bit?

Hi, I have a c# application that I have moved to a 64bit machine. This application reads in an Excel file for some data input. I would like to build this project as 64bit. Is there any way to have my program read in this file? I find it hard to believe that there is no way to use and Excel file as input into a 64bit app. I have installe...

Does your Visual Studio2008 hang after installing Office 2010?

Wierd.... Late nite I installed Office 2010 Professional Plus. Here I am, the next morning, and Visual Studio 2008 is freezing, like there "was some invisible dialog window", because it doesn't allow me to click on any IDE element. In brief, after I open a ASP.MVC form, suddenly I'm not allowed to click on anything, icon, dock panel,...

What Component IDs should I search for to detect whether the Office 2010 PIA's are Installed

I'm creating a plug-in for Office 2010 and need to detect on install whether the Office 2010 PIA's are installed. I have done this for 2003 and 2007 but cannot find the Component ID's for 2010 does anyone know what they are? thanks, Ed ...

Creating Outlook 2010 Add in for 64bit

Hi, does anyone know if there is a guide to creating an outlook add in for office 2010 that runs in 64bit mode? I have an add in that DOES work on in Outlook 2010 32bit but it doesn't appear in 64bit - in the add in section its set to disabled. I have tried to compile under different target CPU's but that hasn't helped.. ...

What are the differences between VBA 6.0 and VBA 7.0?

I noticed that Office 2010 comes with Visual Basic for Applications 7.0. However I can't seem to find much documentation on what changes were made. Does anyone have a summary of the changes, or any resources describing the differences? ...

Displaying and linking Excel objects in Publisher

I've created a lot of forms in Excel, which sum, calculate, highlight, index, etc. I can lock or unlock certain parts of it so that users can only edit the input fields, but it's nearly impossible to format Excel to anything other than a straight up grid. I have different inputs needed, in groups of different sizes, and formatting a spre...

Is SharePoint compatible with Office 2010?

Hi All, I have a site developed in Microsoft Office SharePoint server 2007 and I have installed Microsoft office 2010 on my machine. When I try to access excel file stored in document library. It gives me an error saying that it requires a Windows SharePoint Services compatible application. It was working fine when I have Microsoft off...

calling web service using VBA code in excel 2010

I am trying to write some VBA code in Excel 2010 that would consume a web service. I am unable to find any related resources on the internet. Can someone please tell me how to do this. ...

Issue while establishing connection with excel

The below connection string establishes connection with excel file which has extension as '.xls' but same string throws an exception while opening a connection with file which has extension as .xlsx. Any idea? ConnectionString = Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=C:\Users\abcd\Desktop\demo.xls; Extended Properties=excel 8.0;...

HTTP digest authentication for webdav and Office 2010 upload center

I have a web application that has a WebDav share for Word that uses http digest authentication. We use javascript like the following to open word documents on the in word: Doc = new ActiveXObject("Sharepoint.OpenDocuments.3"); Doc.EditDocument(url, 'Word.Document'); In office 2003 and office 2007, it works (but not 100% reliably). In...

Is there a way to develop custom SmartArt?

Is there a way to develop custom SmartArt for PowerPoint. I'm not looking for a way to develop "fake" smart art, like add a bunch of shapes and then group them and copy/paste between presenations. I'd like to create a number of new SmartArts that are based on this kind of fake SmartArt that my company uses, but have it "smart", like hitt...

Using the COM Interop Excel object charts not getting copied when doing a Worksheet.Copy

I recently upgraded to Office 2010 and I am using the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel version 14.0 in a c# project. My code opens one workbook and copies a sheet into a second workbook. This was working fine in the previous version but now when it copies it is missing all of the chart objects. Anyone have any ideas? Here is my code: publ...