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Use a path that resolves anywhere your VSTO solution could be deployed (Christin Boyd)
04 June 09 01:29 PM

One of the VSTO MVPs pointed out that in some cases his customers were unable to resolve UNC paths consistently.  When he investigated further, he found that some branch offices of an enterprise were unable to resolve the UNC path ( \\myserver\myvstoapps\installpath\ Read More...

Postedby VSTO Team | 1 Comments    

Filed under: VSTO, Christin Boyd, Deployment

Deploying Office 2003 Solutions with Windows Installer (Mary Lee)
17 December 08 03:08 PM

You may want to develop Microsoft Office 2003 solutions with Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 for several reasons. Your customers are using Microsoft Office 2003. Your customers are using both Microsoft Office 2003 and the Read More...

Postedby VSTO Team | 16 Comments    

Filed under: VSTO, Mary Lee, Windows Installer, Office 2003, Deployment, C#, MSI, add-ins

Why Can’t I Change the Update Path when Redeploying VSTO Solutions? (Christin Boyd, Kris Makey, Jeff Young)
16 December 08 02:45 PM

The other day I was asked about the automatic Updates feature of VSTO 3.0 deployment. In this scenario, he used the Publish Wizard in VS 2008 to create a Word document solution and the install manifest. Then a bunch of people used the Word document, and Read More...

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Filed under: ClickOnce, VSTO, Christin Boyd, Word 2007, Excel 2007, Deployment, VS2008, Manifest, Add Remove Programs

How Do I: Deploy Document-Level Office 2007 Solutions with Windows Installer? (Mary Lee)
02 October 08 09:26 AM

In Deploying an Office solution using Windows Installer , you read how to deploy document-level Office 2007 solutions with Windows Installer.  As a follow up, you can now see how to add a Setup project to your VSTO solution and add a custom action Read More...

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Filed under: VSTO, Mary Lee, Excel 2007, Deployment, C#, MSI, video

How Do I: Deploy Application-Level Office 2007 Solutions with Windows Installer? (Mary Lee)
02 October 08 09:21 AM

In Deploying an Office solution using Windows Installer , you read how to deploy application-level Office 2007 solutions with Windows Installer.  As a follow up, you can now see how to add a Setup project to your VSTO solution and create registry Read More...

Postedby VSTO Team | 3 Comments    

Filed under: VSTO, Mary Lee, Windows Installer, Excel 2007, Deployment, C#, MSI, video, add-ins

What's New in VS 2008 SP1 and how the VSTO team decided what to include in a Service Pack (Christin Boyd, Mary Lee)
11 July 08 12:29 PM

Updated August, 2008 I'd like to give you some insight into how we decide what goes into a Service Pack for Microsoft Visual Studio. I'm speaking specifically about how the VSTO team built SP1; most other groups within Visual Studio use the same process. Read More...

Postedby VSTO Team | 5 Comments    

Filed under: ClickOnce, VSTO, Mary Lee, Christin Boyd, Office 2007, Deployment, VS2008, SP1, .NET Framework Client Profile

Specifying a Product Name, Publisher Name and other properties for VSTO solutions (Saurabh Bhatia)
11 June 08 04:04 PM

Many customers have requested how to specify options like a Product or Publisher Name for Office 2007 VSTO solutions deployed from Visual Studio 2008. However, you cannot specify these properties in the Visual Studio IDE. In this post, I will describe Read More...

Postedby VSTO Team | 13 Comments    

Filed under: ClickOnce, VSTO, Office 2007, Deployment, Manifest, Saurabh Bhatia, Publisher Name, SupportUrl, Product Name, Add Remove Programs, Office Addin Properties, Programs and Features

Deploying Office Solutions with a Setup Project (Mary Lee)
29 May 08 06:32 PM

You can now read the long awaited whitepapers about deploying Office 2007 solutions with a Visual Studio 2008 Setup project to create a Windows Installer package. These whitepapers show you how to complete the following tasks: Configure prerequisites: Read More...

Postedby VSTO Team | 6 Comments    

Filed under: ClickOnce, VSTO, Mary Lee, Windows Installer, Deployment, VS2008

Common Pitfalls during PIA Deployment and Installation (Mary Lee)
20 May 08 12:05 PM

Deploying or installing the Office primary interop assemblies (PIAs) can sometimes be problematic. There are several common errors that occur when you try to deploy or install the PIAs. Deployment pitfalls A. Can I deploy the PIA DLL with my setup project? Read More...

Postedby VSTO Team | 26 Comments    

Filed under: VSTO, Mary Lee, Deployment, primary interop assemblies

Peek at Service Pack 1 (Christin Boyd)
11 May 08 10:42 PM

Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 is not finished yet, but we do have a beta version of the documentation ready for you to read! You can learn about some of the features that you'll see later this year when we release SP1. I recommend starting with reading Read More...

Postedby VSTO Team | 3 Comments    

Filed under: ClickOnce, VSTO, Christin Boyd, Office 2007, Word 2007, Excel 2007, Deployment, smart tags, VB, C#

Deploying an Office solution using Windows Installer (Mary Lee)
10 April 08 05:39 PM

Visual Studio 2008 offers a ClickOnce deployment experience for solutions developed for the 2007 Microsoft Office system. However, if you want to deploy additional files, add extra registry keys, or use SMS, you may still be interested in creating a Windows Read More...

Postedby VSTO Team | 4 Comments    

Filed under: VSTO, Mary Lee, Deployment, VB, C#, sample, VS2008, MSI