Outlook 2003 Plugin from visual studio 2008
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From: Bob S on 3 Jun 2010 10:08 I have been working on generating Outlook 2003 add-ins from Visual Studio 2008. I built the project using the File->new-Project and selected Visual C#->office->2003->Outlook 2003 Add-in. Using pieces from a Microsoft sample which displays all the button faces available and then tracking down the changes needed since VS 2005 VSTO Beta, I got a working Add-in. The Solution has the Add-in project and a setup project. Building both produces two outputs. The setup project has both a .MSI and a setup.exe file. If I use F5 to run, Outlook is started and the plugin installed and it works fine. I can use tools->options "Other" Tab, "Advanced" button, "Com Add-in" button to remove the plugin and all is good. Here is where things start to go amiss. Starting with the plugin not installed, If I run the setup.exe or do an install in the MSI file, the Add-in shows up in the Com Add-in section that I can use to delete it. However, It I try to set the check box it shows the message "Not Loaded. A runtime error occurred during loading of the COM Add-in". The event log shows the following for that time stamp: The description for Event ID ( 1033 ) in Source ( MsiInstaller ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: ShowButtonFacesSetup, 1.0.0, 1033, 0, (NULL), , . I seem to be close, but no cigar. I generated a test key (.snk file) with Visual Studio and it added it into the project. Can someone give me some pointers on what I need to do to install from the MSI file or point to to appropriate documentation to get past this problem? Thank you for your time. -- Robert E. Styma Principal Engineer (DMTS) Alcatel-Lucent, Phoenix
From: Matt on 3 Jun 2010 13:49 On Jun 3, 8:08 am, Bob S <B...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I have been working on generating Outlook 2003 add-ins from Visual Studio 2008. > I built the project using the File->new-Project and selected > Visual C#->office->2003->Outlook 2003 Add-in. Using pieces from a Microsoft > sample which displays all the button faces available and then tracking down > the changes needed since VS 2005 VSTO Beta, I got a working Add-in. The > Solution has the Add-in project and a setup project. Building both produces > two outputs. The setup project has both a .MSI and a setup.exe file. If I > use F5 to run, Outlook is started and the plugin installed and it works fine. > I can use tools->options "Other" Tab, "Advanced" button, "Com Add-in" > button to remove the plugin and all is good. > > Here is where things start to go amiss. Starting with the plugin not > installed, If I > run the setup.exe or do an install in the MSI file, the Add-in shows up in the > Com Add-in section that I can use to delete it. However, It I try to set > the check box it shows the message "Not Loaded. A runtime error occurred > during loading of the COM Add-in". The event log shows the following for > that time stamp: > > The description for Event ID ( 1033 ) in Source ( MsiInstaller ) cannot be > found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or > message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able > to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and > Support for details. The following information is part of the event: > ShowButtonFacesSetup, 1.0.0, 1033, 0, (NULL), , . > > I seem to be close, but no cigar. I generated a test key (.snk file) with > Visual Studio and it added it into the project. > > Can someone give me some pointers on what I need to do to install from the > MSI file or point to to appropriate documentation to get past this problem? > > Thank you for your time. Hard to say, but I doubt it is the MSI. That's an error for custom installers, and I doubt it has much to do with Outlook. I've written a few, the problems generally come down to one of two things: 1. Security : The plugin needs to be trusted for Outlook to load it properly. 2. Runtime : The Office runtime DLL's need to be installed. If both of those are ok, I'd look at the installer only then. I'll bet it is #1, particularly if the thing works in the debugger. Take a look here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6exya3kf.aspx Matt > > -- > Robert E. Styma > Principal Engineer (DMTS) > Alcatel-Lucent, Phoenix
From: Bob S on 7 Jun 2010 13:03 Hi Matt, The Document you referenced helped a lot and had pointers to other docents. The document that did the trick was a step by step showing the arcane incantation to get the security descriptors set up correctly. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332052.aspx -- Robert E. Styma Principal Engineer (DMTS) Alcatel-Lucent, Phoenix "Matt" wrote: > On Jun 3, 8:08 am, Bob S <B...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > > I have been working on generating Outlook 2003 add-ins from Visual Studio 2008. > > I built the project using the File->new-Project and selected > > Visual C#->office->2003->Outlook 2003 Add-in. Using pieces from a Microsoft > > sample which displays all the button faces available and then tracking down > > the changes needed since VS 2005 VSTO Beta, I got a working Add-in. The > > Solution has the Add-in project and a setup project. Building both produces > > two outputs. The setup project has both a .MSI and a setup.exe file. If I > > use F5 to run, Outlook is started and the plugin installed and it works fine. > > I can use tools->options "Other" Tab, "Advanced" button, "Com Add-in" > > button to remove the plugin and all is good. > > > > Here is where things start to go amiss. Starting with the plugin not > > installed, If I > > run the setup.exe or do an install in the MSI file, the Add-in shows up in the > > Com Add-in section that I can use to delete it. However, It I try to set > > the check box it shows the message "Not Loaded. A runtime error occurred > > during loading of the COM Add-in". The event log shows the following for > > that time stamp: > > > > The description for Event ID ( 1033 ) in Source ( MsiInstaller ) cannot be > > found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or > > message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able > > to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and > > Support for details. The following information is part of the event: > > ShowButtonFacesSetup, 1.0.0, 1033, 0, (NULL), , . > > > > I seem to be close, but no cigar. I generated a test key (.snk file) with > > Visual Studio and it added it into the project. > > > > Can someone give me some pointers on what I need to do to install from the > > MSI file or point to to appropriate documentation to get past this problem? > > > > Thank you for your time. > > Hard to say, but I doubt it is the MSI. That's an error for custom > installers, > and I doubt it has much to do with Outlook. I've written a few, the > problems > generally come down to one of two things: > > 1. Security : The plugin needs to be trusted for Outlook to load it > properly. > 2. Runtime : The Office runtime DLL's need to be installed. > > If both of those are ok, I'd look at the installer only then. I'll bet > it is #1, particularly > if the thing works in the debugger. Take a look here: > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6exya3kf.aspx > > Matt > > > > > -- > > Robert E. Styma > > Principal Engineer (DMTS) > > Alcatel-Lucent, Phoenix > > . >
From: Matt on 7 Jun 2010 15:01
On Jun 7, 11:03 am, Bob S <B...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > Hi Matt, > The Document you referenced helped a lot and had pointers to other docents. > The document that did the trick was a step by step showing the arcane > incantation to get the security descriptors set up correctly. > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332052.aspx When I used to write these things regularly, my favorite site was outlookcode.com. You might refer there, they have some great examples and tutorials. Matt |