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ActiveSetup has a similar notion of detecting delt...

2008-07-03T09:00:00.000-05:00

ActiveSetup has a similar notion of detecting deltas between HKLM and HKCU.

The differences are

1) It can be used for more then just Office 2007

2) It'll run a program instead of replicating registry data

In this scenario we don't need to support other programs and we don't need to actually run code since we only need simple registry replication.

I'm pretty new at this. How does this approach co...

2008-07-03T07:46:00.000-05:00

I'm pretty new at this. How does this approach compare to something like Active Setup?

Here's a new post with information on the subject:...

2008-06-25T16:37:00.000-05:00

Here's a new post with information on the subject:

Deploying your VSTO Add-In to All Users (Part III)

Yes, I used the Office 2003 PIA's to support the 2...

2008-04-23T06:09:00.000-05:00

Yes, I used the Office 2003 PIA's to support the 2003 add-in but PIA's weren't needed to support the 2007 add-in. I'll update the post.

Thanks for the catch! I remember most of the hard work was getting the 2007 stuff to work. The 2003 came together so quickly and easily that I kinda forget what I had to do.

I wrote this up from memory so let me go back to m...

2008-04-22T08:35:00.000-05:00

I wrote this up from memory so let me go back to my source code and see if I did. I don't think I had to, put perhaps I did. I remember the 2003 plumbing fell into place a lot easier then the 2007 plumbing.

I needed the richer experience because the desire was to have a single install that targeted both office versions ( or no office ) thereby making the features ( and their dependencies ) optional.

I'll review my project and update where needed tonight.

This looks like a fairly complete list, having som...

2008-04-22T07:55:00.000-05:00

This looks like a fairly complete list, having some something similar myself. We provided a less rich setup experience - check for the prereq; iF it wasn't there, abort the install, and inform the installer to get the prereq in place. Normally not an issue since the software was largely deployed via image or SMS.

One question I did have, though - do you also need to ensure that the PIA (primary interop assemblies) are installed in Office as well?