No setup project with Outlook 2007 Add-In project

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In vs 2008 when I create an Outlook 2003 Add-In project it automatically

creates an associated setup project too. But when I create an Outlook 2007

Add-In project it does not automatically creates an associated setup project

too. What is going on?

Thanks

Regards
 
Create one manually then.

"John" <info@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message

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> Hi

> In vs 2008 when I create an Outlook 2003 Add-In project it automatically
> creates an associated setup project too. But when I create an Outlook 2007
> Add-In project it does not automatically creates an associated setup
> project too. What is going on?

> Thanks

> Regards

>
 
Hi

I added the project out put but that did not work. I tried to manually add

the MyAddin.dll to OL2007's addins on target machine but it says "...is not

a valid add-in."

Thanks

Regards
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> Create one manually then.

> >

>

> "John" <info@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message
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> > Hi
>

>> In vs 2008 when I create an Outlook 2003 Add-In project it automatically
> > creates an associated setup project too. But when I create an Outlook
> > 2007 Add-In project it does not automatically creates an associated setup
> > project too. What is going on?
>

>> Thanks
>

>> Regards
>

>>

>
 
Is this on a machine where Outlook 2007 is installed? That would be

required. In addition you can't just add an Outlook addin, it has to be

registered correctly. If it's not correctly registered in either HKCU or

HKLM with the correct values in the correct location the addin would never

load in Outlook.

"John" <info@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message

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> Hi

> I added the project out put but that did not work. I tried to manually add
> the MyAddin.dll to OL2007's addins on target machine but it says "...is
> not a valid add-in."

> Thanks

> Regards
 
hi

i got the same problem. i have created an outlook 2007 addin project.

added a setup project and a setSecurity project to the solution.

and then added the outputs of setSecurity and MyAddIn projects to

setup project. Created the registries manually and imported into setup

project`s registry.

i have created the registry entries in a file as follows.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins

\MyOutlookAddIn]

"Description"="MyOutlookAddIn -- an addin created with VSTO

technology"

"Manifest"="[TARGETDIR]MyOutlookAddIn.dll.manifest"

"FriendlyName"="MyOutlookAddIn"

"LoadBehavior"=dword:00000003

"CommandLineSafe"=dword:00000001

In add-in project properties->Signing (Tab)->'Click Once' is checked.

And I have created a test certificate.

Still, the add-in is not loading. The load behavior is setting to 2

after opening outlook.

I tried to change it to 3 and open outlook but i am getting the same

error.

Thanks

On Jul 13, 11:03 pm, "
<kenslo...@mvps.org> wrote:
> Is this on a machine where Outlook 2007 is installed? That would be
> required. In addition you can't just add an Outlook addin, it has to be
> registered correctly. If it's not correctly registered in either HKCU or
> HKLM with the correct values in the correct location the addin would never
> load in Outlook.

> >

> http://www.slovaktech.com

> "John" <i...@nospam.infovis.co.uk> wrote in message

> news:u%23JY$k8AKHA.1488@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

>
> > Hi

>
> > I added the project out put but that did not work. I tried to manually add
> > the MyAddin.dll to OL2007's addins on target machine but it says "...is
> > not a valid add-in."

>
> > Thanks

>
> > Regards-


 
Since this is for a VSTO project it really should be posted in the VSTO

forum. However, to debug load problems for managed code, including VSTO, see

this article:

http://blogs.msdn.com/vsod/archive/2008/04/22/Troubleshooting-com-add-in-load-failures.aspx.

The Fusion logs more often than not pinpoint where the problem is.

You also should be using the Framework configuration utility to make sure

that your security settings are propagated to the target machine correctly,

no VSTO addin will load and run without full trust. You also need to make

sure you are deploying the required dependencies for your addin including

the VSTO runtime, Framework, PIA's, etc.

"Lasyapriya P" <lasyaaa@gmail.com> wrote in message

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hi

i got the same problem. i have created an outlook 2007 addin project.

added a setup project and a setSecurity project to the solution.

and then added the outputs of setSecurity and MyAddIn projects to

setup project. Created the registries manually and imported into setup

project`s registry.

i have created the registry entries in a file as follows.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins

\MyOutlookAddIn]

"Description"="MyOutlookAddIn -- an addin created with VSTO

technology"

"Manifest"="[TARGETDIR]MyOutlookAddIn.dll.manifest"

"FriendlyName"="MyOutlookAddIn"

"LoadBehavior"=dword:00000003

"CommandLineSafe"=dword:00000001

In add-in project properties->Signing (Tab)->'Click Once' is checked.

And I have created a test certificate.

Still, the add-in is not loading. The load behavior is setting to 2

after opening outlook.

I tried to change it to 3 and open outlook but i am getting the same

error.

Thanks
 
Thanks for the reply Ken.

I have created an empty addin with a msgbox in ThisAddIn_StartUp

method and generated a build from the setup project.

I tried to install this build in my development system itself. It is

not working in the development system itself.

But, the addin is working fine in debug mode (when i ran it from

visual studio using F5).

My development system has VS2008 in Windows Vista, Outlook 2007 and

PIAs installed.

I will generate the fusion log and go through it now.

I think, there are no dependencies to the project that are missing, as

I am trying to install it in the development system itself.

Regards

On Jul 16, 11:26 pm, "
<kenslo...@mvps.org> wrote:
> Since this is for a VSTO project it really should be posted in the VSTO
> forum. However, to debug load problems for managed code, including VSTO, see
> this article:http://blogs.msdn.com/vsod/archive/2008/04/22/Troubleshooting-com-add....
> The Fusion logs more often than not pinpoint where the problem is.

> You also should be using the Framework configuration utility to make sure
> that your security settings are propagated to the target machine correctly,
> no VSTO addin will load and run without full trust. You also need to make
> sure you are deploying the required dependencies for your addin including
> the VSTO runtime, Framework, PIA's, etc.

> >

> http://www.slovaktech.com

> "Lasyapriya P" <lasy...@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:a948f70a-18d8-4904-9323-c7a894657815@u38g2000pro.googlegroups.com...
> hi

> i got the same problem. i have created an outlook 2007 addin project.
> added a setup project and a setSecurity project to the solution.
> and then added the outputs of setSecurity and MyAddIn projects to
> setup project. Created the registries manually and imported into setup
> project`s registry.
> i have created the registry entries in a file as follows.

> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins
> \MyOutlookAddIn]

> "Description"="MyOutlookAddIn -- an addin created with VSTO
> technology"
> "Manifest"="[TARGETDIR]MyOutlookAddIn.dll.manifest"
> "FriendlyName"="MyOutlookAddIn"
> "LoadBehavior"=dword:00000003
> "CommandLineSafe"=dword:00000001

> In add-in project properties->Signing (Tab)->'Click Once' is checked.
> And I have created a test certificate.
> Still, the  add-in is not loading. The load behavior is setting to 2
> after opening outlook.
> I tried to change it to 3 and open outlook but i am getting the same
> error.

>  Thanks
 
In that case my money is on faulty trust setup.

If it runs in debug mode and not in run mode on the same dev machine it's

almost always a trust issue.

You can easily check that by manually creating a full trust for your

assemblies using the Framework Assistant and seeing if things run then.

The other thing to look at is if the assemblies are strong named. They have

to be unless you grant the installation folder full trust, and that's a bad

idea unless it's just for testing things.

"Lasyapriya P" <lasyaaa@gmail.com> wrote in message

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Thanks for the reply Ken.

I have created an empty addin with a msgbox in ThisAddIn_StartUp

method and generated a build from the setup project.

I tried to install this build in my development system itself. It is

not working in the development system itself.

But, the addin is working fine in debug mode (when i ran it from

visual studio using F5).

My development system has VS2008 in Windows Vista, Outlook 2007 and

PIAs installed.

I will generate the fusion log and go through it now.

I think, there are no dependencies to the project that are missing, as

I am trying to install it in the development system itself.

Regards
 
I have granted Full Trust to the add-in dll using CASPOL security

policy and added CustomActions to the setup project.

I also strong named the assembly by signing it.

I have copied the setSecurity project from an Outlook 2003 project

which I have developed in VS2005.

Is there any new version of CASPOL (setSecurity) project for Outlook

2007 add-ins [ or VSTO 3.0]? If yes, where can I get that?

Regards
 
I use the caspol custom actions described in the VSTO deployment articles,

I'm not sure about new versions or whatever, but the actions work on Outlook

2003 and Outlook 2007 here on all my setups. That's from this article:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332051.aspx.

You can also check the deployment information and such at

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vsto/threads/, and the VSTO

team hangs out there, so they'd be the ones to ask.

"Lasyapriya P" <lasyaaa@gmail.com> wrote in message

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> I have granted Full Trust to the add-in dll using CASPOL security
> policy and added CustomActions to the setup project.
> I also strong named the assembly by signing it.

> I have copied the setSecurity project from an Outlook 2003 project
> which I have developed in VS2005.
> Is there any new version of CASPOL (setSecurity) project for Outlook
> 2007 add-ins [ or VSTO 3.0]? If yes, where can I get that?

> Regards
 
On Jul 17, 3:51 am, "
<kenslo...@mvps.org> wrote:
> I use the caspol custom actions described in the VSTO deployment articles,
> I'm not sure about new versions or whatever, but the actions work on Outlook
> 2003 and Outlook 2007 here on all my setups. That's from this article:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332051.aspx.

> You can also check the deployment information and such athttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/vsto/threads/, and the VSTO
> team hangs out there, so they'd be the ones to ask.

> >

> http://www.slovaktech.com

> "Lasyapriya P" <lasy...@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:36ff484b-514c-474c-b330-5ee52b74cdbb@a39g2000pre.googlegroups.com...

>
> >I have granted Full Trust to the add-in dll using CASPOL security
> > policy and added CustomActions to the setup project.
> > I also strong named the assembly by signing it.

>
> > I have copied the setSecurity project from an Outlook 2003 project
> > which I have developed in VS2005.
> > Is there any new version of CASPOL (setSecurity) project for Outlook
> > 2007 add-ins [ or VSTO 3.0]? If yes, where can I get that?

>
> > Regards-




Thank you.

I have gone through the links you suggested and created another

project following that methods. Now, the add-in is loading. But , it

is taking much time to load (almost 3-5 minutes).

Here are the detailed steps I have followed to created the project.

1. Created a Outlook 2007 add-in project and added setup project to

the solution.

2. Added the output, manifest file and vsto file of add-in project to

setup.

3. Added registry entries to the setup project.

4. Signed the assembly with temporary certificate in 'ClickOnce'.

5. Built the solution.

Do I need to take care of any other constraints?

Why the add-in is loading slowly?

Do I need to use any security policy like adding the add-in to

inclusion list?

Regards
 
I don't know what you mean about using a security policy. You need to set

the full trust for your assemblies, that's it. If the addin is loading with

no errors then you took care of whatever you needed to take care of.

As far as startup time, part of that is with every managed code addin. It

has to be just in time compiled if it's not already cached as compiled, and

if it's the first bit of managed code the Framework has to be started up.

The rest may be due to whatever it is you're doing on startup. If that takes

time then it will be a while before the application and addin are ready.

"Lasyapriya P" <lasyaaa@gmail.com> wrote in message

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<snip
Thank you.

I have gone through the links you suggested and created another

project following that methods. Now, the add-in is loading. But , it

is taking much time to load (almost 3-5 minutes).

Here are the detailed steps I have followed to created the project.

1. Created a Outlook 2007 add-in project and added setup project to

the solution.

2. Added the output, manifest file and vsto file of add-in project to

setup.

3. Added registry entries to the setup project.

4. Signed the assembly with temporary certificate in 'ClickOnce'.

5. Built the solution.

Do I need to take care of any other constraints?

Why the add-in is loading slowly?

Do I need to use any security policy like adding the add-in to

inclusion list?

Regards
 
On Jul 20, 10:29 pm, "
<kenslo...@mvps.org> wrote:
> I don't know what you mean about using a security policy. You need to set
> the full trust for your assemblies, that's it. If the addin is loading with
> no errors then you took care of whatever you needed to take care of.

> As far as startup time, part of that is with every managed code addin. It
> has to be just in time compiled if it's not already cached as compiled, and
> if it's the first bit of managed code the Framework has to be started up.
> The rest may be due to whatever it is you're doing on startup. If that takes
> time then it will be a while before the application and addin are ready.

> >

> http://www.slovaktech.com

>


Sorry for that. I didn't get an exact word to use there.

Actually, I wanted to ask you that do I need to use other security

granting method (like adding to inclusion lists etc.) as the add-in is

taking much time to load.

The add-in has no code, except a message box in the ThisAddIn_Startup

method. Thats why I asked you the above question.

I have opened the outlook twice and thrice. Its taking same amount of

time in the third time also.

What might be the problem? Please suggest a solution for this.

Thanks
 
I have no idea what the problem is.

If on the second or third load in a short period of time on the same Windows

session things are consistently taking 2 - 3 minutes to load then something

is very wrong. At that point the Framework would be running and the addin

should be in the JIT cache. Under those circumstances I'd expect a managed

code addin to run in under 30 seconds certainly, even on a slow machine.

If all you are doing in startup is to put up a message box then I'd suggest

looking at the Fusion logs and seeing if you see anything there that might

be taking a long time. For example, if you are connecting to a Web service

it might be taking a long time to initialize and connect. That's just one

example, other than that I'd be running the VS profiler to see what was

taking so long.

"Lasyapriya P" <lasyaaa@gmail.com> wrote in message

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<snip
Sorry for that. I didn't get an exact word to use there.

Actually, I wanted to ask you that do I need to use other security

granting method (like adding to inclusion lists etc.) as the add-in is

taking much time to load.

The add-in has no code, except a message box in the ThisAddIn_Startup

method. Thats why I asked you the above question.

I have opened the outlook twice and thrice. Its taking same amount of

time in the third time also.

What might be the problem? Please suggest a solution for this.

Thanks
 
On Jul 21, 12:16 am, "
<kenslo...@mvps.org> wrote:
> I have no idea what the problem is.

> If on the second or third load in a short period of time on the same Windows
> session things are consistently taking 2 - 3 minutes to load then something
> is very wrong. At that point the Framework would be running and the addin
> should be in the JIT cache. Under those circumstances I'd expect a managed
> code addin to run in under 30 seconds certainly, even on a slow machine.

> If all you are doing in startup is to put up a message box then I'd suggest
> looking at the Fusion logs and seeing if you see anything there that might
> be taking a long time. For example, if you are connecting to a Web service
> it might be taking a long time to initialize and connect. That's just one
> example, other than that I'd be running the VS profiler to see what was
> taking so long.

> >

> http://www.slovaktech.com

> "Lasyapriya P" <lasy...@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:9850524a-3951-47fe-9e06-3785dc0ef35b@12g2000pri.googlegroups.com...
> <snip
> Sorry for that. I didn't get an exact word to use there.
> Actually, I wanted to ask you that do I need to use other security
> granting method (like adding to inclusion lists etc.) as the add-in is
> taking much time to load.
> The add-in has no code, except a message box in the ThisAddIn_Startup
> method. Thats why I asked you the above question.
> I have opened the outlook twice and thrice. Its taking same amount of
> time in the third time also.
> What might be the problem? Please suggest a solution for this.

> Thanks


When I install the build in my(development) system, it is working

fine.

So, there should be something that is missing in the client system for

which it is searching for ( or taking time to load).

I will go through the fusion logs now.

please suggest me a procedure to tackle this issue, if any.

Thanks
 
There is no procedure other than reviewing the logs and the information in

that article I pointed you to.

As I had suggested earlier in the thread it might make sense to post your

questions in the VSTO forum where they're a lot more knowledgeable about

that sort of thing related to VSTO than the groups you chose.

"Lasyapriya P" <lasyaaa@gmail.com> wrote in message

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<snip
When I install the build in my(development) system, it is working

fine.

So, there should be something that is missing in the client system for

which it is searching for ( or taking time to load).

I will go through the fusion logs now.

please suggest me a procedure to tackle this issue, if any.

Thanks
 
On Jul 21, 3:06 am, "
<kenslo...@mvps.org> wrote:
> There is no procedure other than reviewing the logs and the information in
> that article I pointed you to.

> As I had suggested earlier in the thread it might make sense to post your
> questions in the VSTO forum where they're a lot more knowledgeable about
> that sort of thing related to VSTO than the groups you chose.

> >

> http://www.slovaktech.com

> "Lasyapriya P" <lasy...@gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:08d3d460-1d93-4390-a9e5-67ea9fa7006b@y10g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> <snip
> When I install the build in my(development) system, it is working
> fine.
> So, there should be something that is missing in the client system for
> which it is searching for ( or taking time to load).

> I will go through the fusion logs now.
> please suggest me a procedure to tackle this issue, if any.

> Thanks


Thanks for the reply Ken.

With your suggestion, I have posted this problem in VSTO forum too.

Unfortunately I didnt get any reply to that post. Thats why I

continued in this.

The problem is solved. I have used 'inclusion list' concept in my

project. It is working fine now.

But, in two systems it is loading slowly. I think there is some the

problem might be with the systems. Isnt it?

I will go through the Fusion logs now and try to elicit out waht the

problem is.

Get back to you if I need any further help.

The links and work-arounds that you have suggested helped me very much

in solving the my problems.

Thank you very much!

Regards
 
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