Primarily I'm speaking in general term, not anything specific to Excel. I
have always felt that VSTO was something of a hack job. Packaging, setup,
and deployment, which is overly complicated in VS2005, is said to be much
better in 2008.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel, 10 Years
Pearson Software Consulting
www.cpearson.com
(email on the web site)


"Doug Glancy" wrote in message
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Chip,

What is better about VS 2008? I've used 2005 just a bit. Are you talking
specifically about working with Excel, or more general?

Doug

"Chip Pearson" wrote in message
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I don't believe VSTO will work with the Express Edition of VS2005. For
what it is worth, I would wait until VS2008 comes out. It is much better
in many respects.


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel, 10 Years
Pearson Software Consulting
www.cpearson.com
(email on the web site)


"homer.j" wrote in message
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Hi,

Was interested in trying VSTO. Is it possible to run the tools with
the Express Editions of Visual Studion? Thanks in advance. Derek