William Hindman
wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com
Mon Jan 29 21:10:11 CST 2007
...oh my aching head :((((( William Hindman ----- Original Message ----- From: "MartyConnelly" <martyconnelly at shaw.ca> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [AccessD] Paean to the Access Development Team > The problem is I don't know what is the official authorized way with > NetFramework 2.0 > 1. You can get at the comclass templates with Visual Studio 2005 Team > version > 2. You can create an Access Managed AddIn with Access 2007 and > Basic Visual Studio 2005 which contains VB.Net Standard plus Access > VSTO 2007 (which has not been finally released). This allows you to > use > the Shared Access AddIn wizard and finally the SharedAddInSetup > Wizard that allows distribution via an .msi file with the VB.Net code > See Getz's explanation > Creating Managed Add-ins for Access 2007 > http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa902693.aspx > 3. The method I use with VB.Net Express and 2 comclass template files > I got from an MSDN site. However to install via GAC you have to > use an install.bat to register the dll with regasm and gacutil to > remove any previously named dll and reinstall in the registry. > I don't know how licit this method is but it works with Access 2003. > and doesn't require additional software. > > artful at rogers.com wrote: > >>Agreed, Marty, and hats off to you for discovering/illustrating this >>mind-meld. My point was that MS does not make this transparent, and it >>takes guys like you to point it out. You should be on the MS payroll! On >>the other hand, if you were, then how much of your exquisite insights >>could we trust? >> >>Arthur Fuller >>Technical Writer, Data Modeler, SQL Sensei >>Artful Databases Organization >>www.artfulsoftware.com >> >> >> >> >>----- Original Message ---- >>From: MartyConnelly <martyconnelly at shaw.ca> >>To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >><accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >>Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 6:39:53 PM >>Subject: Re: [AccessD] Paean to the Access Development Team >> >> >>One thing you can do is call VB.Net or C## framework code >>from Access via a COM class wrapper creating a tlb and dll. >> >>Not that difficult if you need to merge the two code bases as some >>things are easier >>and quicker to write in dotNet like Web Services and xml reader classes >> >>Some standalone .exe files still required a runtime install with VB6 and >>VB.Net >>requires the dotNet Framework installed. >> >> > > -- > Marty Connelly > Victoria, B.C. > Canada > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >