Why cannot MSFT publish correct/updated info in MSDN and KB?
It is to MSFT's advantage to encourage us to migrate old code, and develop
new code, with .NET, so they need to take extra care when publishing
examples for us to follow.
The following is a simple example of such an error.
The MSDN library that ships with VS .NET has an article "creating Office
managed COM Add-ins with visual studio .NET" that demonstrates how to make a
VB .NET COM add-in using Powerpoint.See
ms-help://MS.MSDNQTR.2003 FEB.1033/dnofftalk/html/office06062002. htm. The
article is also available the MSDN web site.
Since the article uses Powerpoint 2002, I booted to my system that has
Office XP and VS .NET 2002.
I obediently inserted the code from the article, and was disappointed to
find that I had to change 2 statements.
First, I had to change:
Imports PowerPoint.PpSl ideLayout
to
Imports Microsoft.Offic e.Interop.Power Point.PpSlideLa yout ' Modified by HK
Then I had to change
Dim objPresentation As PowerPoint.Pres entation
to
Dim objPresentation As Microsoft.Offic e.Interop.Power Point.Presentat ion '
Modified by HK
I then rebooted to my system that has Office 2003 and VS .NET 2003.
Other than replacing the Powerpoint reference, I do not recall further
problems.
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