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Customizing Office 2013 backstage
Office 2013 introduced many changes to the backstage. In this blog post we will see how Office 2013 backstage can be customized using the backstage XML. The list of idMso’s for Office 2013 can be...
View ArticleOffice automation through VC++ using MFC Class from TypeLib results into...
When trying to Automate Excel, Word, etc using VC++ (MFC based application) in Visual Studio 2010 we generally perform the following steps – 1-Go to Visual Studio 2-Click New Project 3-Expand Visual...
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ActiveProject.CustomDocumentProperties may return ‘null’ for Applications...
Few days back I worked on an issue where an application compiled using Visual Studio 2010 C# Express edition was getting ‘null’ at “Application.ActiveProject.CustomDocumentProperties” when trying to...
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Using MSBUILD through command line or from TFS Server to compile VSTO...
Symptom You may get the following errors if you try to compile VSTO Projects through MSBUILD through command line or from TFS Server Post Visual Studio Update 3 C:Program...
View ArticleAfter installing MS15-022 update you may not be able to run HTML script under...
Symptom After installing MS15-022 update you may not be able to run HTML script under Office context Cause This security update opts Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint into local computer lockdown, a...
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Considerations for common performance issues with Office Add-ins and Macros...
The intent of this blog post is to address frequent questions that we see comparing performance difference between Office 2010 and 2013, especially by developers who use Office as a development...
View ArticleVSTO Add-in may fail to load if signed by some SHA256 certificates
Symptom VSTO add-in may fail to load if all of the following conditions are true:- The SHA256 certificate used to sign the add-in is based on SHA256 algorithm...
View ArticleAfter installing Office 2016 Version 1609 Office files containing VBA Form...
Issue If an Office file has a UserForm which has Cycle Property set to “2 – fmCycleCurrentForm” (or any other control which has this property set) then the Office application may hang while trying to...
View ArticleConsiderations while reading/writing registry keys under HKLM from Office...
An add-in running on Click-to-Run (C2R) version of Office (Office 365), which creates custom registry entries under HKLM hive, will have the registry entries created in the C2R portion of the registry...
View ArticleOffice VBA: Reference downgrade problem
In the world of Office VBA programming, many a times there is a need to automate other Office applications from an Office application’s VBA code. For example – You have Office 2016 installed on your...
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