automation of Office .Net Programability

[Jason]

Hi,

I have managed to automate the inclusion of the framework and SP into my
installs but have hit a brick wall on being able to switch on the
Programmabilty support for office applications without simply launching the
Office setup and requesting the user make the changes manually.

Is there any way that I can seemlessly enable the .net Programability with
code? The company have included Office 2003 in our standard load but did not
include the framework. So, as I'm installing the framework after office
employees don't have the option enabled. Can anyone tell me how to automate
the switch? Would be nice if there was a Merge Module but I suspect there
isn't.. :(

Thanks
Jason

[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Jason,

First of all, I would like to confirm my understanding of your issue. I'm
not quite sure what you need to do. Do you mean that you have no problem to
automate the inclusion of .NET framework installation in your setup
project? What do you mean by "enable the .net Programability with code"? Do
you want to automate the Office 2003 setup also in you setup project?
Please expain it in a little more detail, so that I can try to help. Thank
you!

Kevin Yu
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[Jason]

Kevin,

I have developed a number of vb.Net Office Addins. For them to function the
Office setup has to be updated manually (run Office setup) to switch .Net
Programmabilty from "not installed" to "Run on this computer". Instead of
requesting that the installing person make that change manually I would like
my install to be able to reconfigure office automatically so the user does
not have to follow any manual instructions.

"Kevin Yu [MSFT]" wrote:

Hi Jason,

First of all, I would like to confirm my understanding of your issue. I'm
not quite sure what you need to do. Do you mean that you have no problem to
automate the inclusion of .NET framework installation in your setup
project? What do you mean by "enable the .net Programability with code"? Do
you want to automate the Office 2003 setup also in you setup project?
Please expain it in a little more detail, so that I can try to help. Thank
you!

Kevin Yu
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"This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights."

[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Jason,

As far as I know, during an installation process, we cannot start another
installation process simultaneously. Because it is not supported by Windows
Installer service. What we can do is to start the Office setup process
after your own app is installed. I'm not quite familiar with Office setup
automation. I think you can try to ask in microsoft.public.office.setup
newsgroup. HTH.

Kevin Yu
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