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Removing an Addin thru MSI
Hello everybody,
I've an Excel application where in i have all my code in an addin and once i run my installer this addin is linked to excel and for my Addin i've an Addin script which basically creates an entry in the registry and this VBS file is being called in the installer package now when i want to remove the addin while uninstalling it has become a problem what is happening while uninstalling is : My Addin file is being removed from its base location so when i try to open it from the next time, it says the .xla file is not found but in the addin manager add in is still remaining and also the entry in the registry is not being deleted from the registry what has to happen is : As soon as I uninstall the application I want to remove the registry entry as well as the name of my add in the addin manager I've to write a VBS file which will do these two things and has to link the same with my installer package how do I do that ..???? help needed |
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Consensus opinion appears to be that you will have to go the manual route,
or write some custom code using api calls to remove the specific excel key. there is no way to access that key direct from Excel without the use of the API, and no method to remove the addin in the excel object model. Silly isn't it. Robin Hammond www.enhanceddatasystems.com "bharat" wrote in message ups.com... Hello everybody, I've an Excel application where in i have all my code in an addin and once i run my installer this addin is linked to excel and for my Addin i've an Addin script which basically creates an entry in the registry and this VBS file is being called in the installer package now when i want to remove the addin while uninstalling it has become a problem what is happening while uninstalling is : My Addin file is being removed from its base location so when i try to open it from the next time, it says the .xla file is not found but in the addin manager add in is still remaining and also the entry in the registry is not being deleted from the registry what has to happen is : As soon as I uninstall the application I want to remove the registry entry as well as the name of my add in the addin manager I've to write a VBS file which will do these two things and has to link the same with my installer package how do I do that ..???? help needed |
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Hi Robin Thnx for ur qik response but frankly speaking i'd never worked on creating the API's can you please help me in letting me know how do i do tat in a more elaborated fashion waiting for your reply regards, Bharat *** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com *** |
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