VSTO 2005 SE or VSTO 2005????

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cbmeeks - 06 Mar 2008 14:57 GMT

I am new to Office development. I want to create an add-in for
various things in Word, Excel, PP, etc.

Where I am confused is the difference between the free VSTO 2005 SE
and the non-free VSTO 2005.

I keep reading that VSTO 2005 allows "document-level" projects. What
does that mean exactly?

What can I do in VSTO 2005 that I can't do in SE?

Thanks in advance.

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DMc2007 - 10 Mar 2008 20:32 GMT

VSTO 2005 allows you to create (for Office 2003):
* Document Level Addins - basically managed code behind a defined document
* Template Level Addins - basically managed code behind a template file.

VSTO 2005 SE allows you to create (for Office 2003 and Office 2007) proper
addins, like in Excel you can create XLAs, in Word you can create DLLs,
advantages of these is that they can be used for the whole application and
not directly linked to one file.

Hope this helps

>I am new to Office development. I want to create an add-in for
> various things in Word, Excel, PP, etc.
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> Thanks in advance.

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