[AccessD] Creating Managed Add-ins for Access 2007

Yes, Marty, it should be doable just using VB 2005 Express.

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installing with GPAC's instead of a created msi from a wizard.
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Yes, should be doable - but also .NET Framework SDK is needed I think to
extract type library from shared add-in's assembly using TlbExp.exe utility,
which is delivered in SDK or is tlbexp.exe also delivered in .NET Framework
itself?...

BTW, did you ever try to use Registration-Free COM
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/05/04/RegFreeCOM/), which William
mentioned here some time ago?

If that works OK then a Shared/COM Add-in can be probably installed using
xcopy given:

- its assembly and related files;
- its typelib;
- its manifest file for RegFree COM (open question here is how(/what is its
format) to make it?)...

That would be great if it would work this way - it still might need to set
several registry entries to "inform" MS Access about presence of com-add-in
to load but this should be as easy as running once a .reg file with needed
registry entries...

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Shamil
 
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Subject: [AccessD] Creating Managed Add-ins for Access 2007

Interesting article from Ken Getz
Creating Managed Add-ins for Access 2007 
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa902693.aspx

You can probably do this without installing Visual Studio Tools
and just VB 2005 express but it might require filching
the Shared Add-in template class and installing with GPAC's
instead of a created msi from a wizard.

-- 
Marty Connelly
Victoria, B.C.
Canada

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