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hello,
i wrote an addin for outlook with office developer. Now I need a MSI-Installer for the addin. I tried with WinINSTALL LE and the msi package works, when I use the 'per user' option and HKEY_CU registry entries. But it works only, when I'm logged in as Administrator. The installer throws an error, when I use it with a normal user account. When I write to HKEY_LM the AddIn doesn't work at all (I know, that in this case one can't see the AddIn in the COM-AddIns tab, but it doesn't work at all). Does anybody know, how to build an MSI-Installer, so that it can be used for network rollout? Claus |
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That would depend on the permissions that are available to
non-administrators. Any installation in HKCU is going to be per Windows user logon. If done under an admin profile the addin wouldn't be available for a different user. I'm not sure what your installer packager is doing, I use InstallShield. But if it's writing to the correct hive and keys in the registry it shouldn't matter. It then becomes a permissions issue. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "Claus" wrote in message ... hello, i wrote an addin for outlook with office developer. Now I need a MSI-Installer for the addin. I tried with WinINSTALL LE and the msi package works, when I use the 'per user' option and HKEY_CU registry entries. But it works only, when I'm logged in as Administrator. The installer throws an error, when I use it with a normal user account. When I write to HKEY_LM the AddIn doesn't work at all (I know, that in this case one can't see the AddIn in the COM-AddIns tab, but it doesn't work at all). Does anybody know, how to build an MSI-Installer, so that it can be used for network rollout? Claus |
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thank you, Ken,
so, how is a Outlook AddIn normaly installed for all users in a bigger network? the customer just said, he needs an MSI Installer. Should an MSI setup, wich writes to HKLM and installs the AddIn-DLL to let's say systems32, work, so that the administrator can do the installation for all users? "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: That would depend on the permissions that are available to non-administrators. Any installation in HKCU is going to be per Windows user logon. If done under an admin profile the addin wouldn't be available for a different user. I'm not sure what your installer packager is doing, I use InstallShield. But if it's writing to the correct hive and keys in the registry it shouldn't matter. It then becomes a permissions issue. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "Claus" wrote in message ... hello, i wrote an addin for outlook with office developer. Now I need a MSI-Installer for the addin. I tried with WinINSTALL LE and the msi package works, when I use the 'per user' option and HKEY_CU registry entries. But it works only, when I'm logged in as Administrator. The installer throws an error, when I use it with a normal user account. When I write to HKEY_LM the AddIn doesn't work at all (I know, that in this case one can't see the AddIn in the COM-AddIns tab, but it doesn't work at all). Does anybody know, how to build an MSI-Installer, so that it can be used for network rollout? Claus |
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That would depend on whether the client wants their users to be able to
disable the addin in the COM Add-Ins dialog. If so you must register in HKCU. That can be done by running a logon script that would run the installer for each user when they log on to Windows if the addin wasn't already registered. If an admin installation in HKLM it can be run once on each computer or deployed using SMS or by a logon script. I would never install in \System32 however, that's bad practice. I would use a path under Program Files. An MSI can be run by calling msiexec.exe using the switch for silent installation if desired. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "Claus" wrote in message ... thank you, Ken, so, how is a Outlook AddIn normaly installed for all users in a bigger network? the customer just said, he needs an MSI Installer. Should an MSI setup, wich writes to HKLM and installs the AddIn-DLL to let's say systems32, work, so that the administrator can do the installation for all users? |
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my msi works, if I run it under an admin accout and write the registry stuff
to HKCU. It doesn't work (no error occures, but the addin doesn't load), neither for the current admin user nore for other users, if I write the registry stuff to HKLM. Do you have any idea, what the reason could be? thank you again, Claus "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: That would depend on whether the client wants their users to be able to disable the addin in the COM Add-Ins dialog. If so you must register in HKCU. That can be done by running a logon script that would run the installer for each user when they log on to Windows if the addin wasn't already registered. If an admin installation in HKLM it can be run once on each computer or deployed using SMS or by a logon script. I would never install in \System32 however, that's bad practice. I would use a path under Program Files. An MSI can be run by calling msiexec.exe using the switch for silent installation if desired. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "Claus" wrote in message ... thank you, Ken, so, how is a Outlook AddIn normaly installed for all users in a bigger network? the customer just said, he needs an MSI Installer. Should an MSI setup, wich writes to HKLM and installs the AddIn-DLL to let's say systems32, work, so that the administrator can do the installation for all users? |
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the error was:
the Key in HKLM..\Outlook\AddIns was wrong: it must be the project name followed by ".AddIn". The Key in HKCU was "automatically" correct, because it was produced by the register process of the AddIn-DLL. "Claus" wrote: my msi works, if I run it under an admin accout and write the registry stuff to HKCU. It doesn't work (no error occures, but the addin doesn't load), neither for the current admin user nore for other users, if I write the registry stuff to HKLM. Do you have any idea, what the reason could be? thank you again, Claus "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: That would depend on whether the client wants their users to be able to disable the addin in the COM Add-Ins dialog. If so you must register in HKCU. That can be done by running a logon script that would run the installer for each user when they log on to Windows if the addin wasn't already registered. If an admin installation in HKLM it can be run once on each computer or deployed using SMS or by a logon script. I would never install in \System32 however, that's bad practice. I would use a path under Program Files. An MSI can be run by calling msiexec.exe using the switch for silent installation if desired. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "Claus" wrote in message ... thank you, Ken, so, how is a Outlook AddIn normaly installed for all users in a bigger network? the customer just said, he needs an MSI Installer. Should an MSI setup, wich writes to HKLM and installs the AddIn-DLL to let's say systems32, work, so that the administrator can do the installation for all users? |
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