Try this a different way... which VS version to pick?

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Try this a different way... which VS version to pick?

I need a little advice about selecting a version of Visual Studio.  I want develop apps as I do with my Visual Studio 6; with the new version I primarily want to do work in VB.NET, C#, and ASP.NET.  I also will be developing add-ins for MS Office, and some of my apps will need to connect to office objects (i.e. documents, worksheets, etc.) and do work against them.

In order to do this, I'm pretty sure I need professional, but to do the MS Office side of things, do I need the Visual Studio for Office also

Thank you.




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Try this a different way... which VS version to pick?

  • mbaird

    You don't require VSTO to write Shared Add-In solutions - these projects interact with the targeted Office products via COM. VSTO 2005 only supports the creation of Managed Add-Ins for Outlook 2003 - VSTO V3 (targeting O12) will include managed Add-In projects for the entire Office suite (subject to change, of course). However, you may want to dig into the capabilities of VSTO 2005 some more as you may find that you can leverage alternative means to achieve your requirements.

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