Hi;
I need to launch an application from within my Add-In (it's a Word Add-In).
1a. When I launch Word, I get the MessageBox "You cannot close Microsoft Office Word because a dialog box is open.\nClick OK, switch to Word, and then close the dialog box."
1b. When I click OK, I then have two instances of Word, but the one I launched is under the one I launched from (want it over).
2. When I launch another app (like IE), it comes up under Word. I want it over Word.
How can I fix the above
thanks - dave
Launching an application from my Add-In (sometimes Word)
Snoo68
This is a non-VSTO related issue. You can post your question, however, in the MSDN office.developer.com.add_ins newsgroup. Here is the link:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx dg=microsoft.public.office.developer.com.add_ins&lang=en&cr=US
Thanks!
Mike Hernandez
Community Program Manager
VSTO Team
Chris Aus
Dave
It'd be helpful if you could attach at least a psudo code sequence of the steps you're going through, as we're somewhat unclear on what exactly it is you;'re trying to accomplish (and how).
Also, which version of Office are you using
Is this a managed add-in
Thanks
oprasad79
Hi;
This is a IDTExtensibility2 based Add-In written in C# (calls a large J# library too but that is not involved here). It runs under Word 2000, 2002, & 2003 (build for all 3 using the COM libs for each).
This is the code from my Add-In. When they click on a Word menu item, it puts up a status dialog (the class below) to show it is creating a report, then launches the report. Note it launches the file to display, not the app.
The relevant code (just copied the bare minimum):
this.Activated += new System.EventHandler(this.Report_Activated); // class is a Form
...
private void Report_Activated(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
...
BeginInvoke(new LaunchDelegate(LaunchReport));
}
[SecurityPermission(SecurityAction.Assert, UnmanagedCode = true)]
private void LaunchReport() {
...
string filename = "temp.rtf";
...
Process rtn = Process.Start(filename);
if ((rtn != null) && rtn.HasExited)
MessageBox.Show("Application did not launch. Error: " + rtn.ExitCode, "AutoTag Launcher");
this.Close();
}
thanks - dave