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MS Office Forum / Word / Programming / September 2006Sample code for Smart Documents
Is there somewhere where I can download some sample code for using Smart Document support with Word 2003 and C++ in Visual Studio 2005? I've found code for Excel, I've found code for VisualStudio 6.0, I've found code for VBA, but nothing for this particular combination. For someone just getting started with this stuff, porting is a nontrivial operation. Hi Nick, > Is there somewhere where I can download some sample code for using Smart > Document support with Word 2003 and C++ in Visual Studio 2005? > > I've found code for Excel, I've found code for VisualStudio 6.0, I've found > code for VBA, but nothing for this particular combination. For someone just > getting started with this stuff, porting is a nontrivial operation. I doubt whether you found an example for VBA, seeing as this requires a DLL and VBA only executes from within an Office document. In any case, start here http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/sdsdk/html/sdhowTutorialCPPIntroductio n_HV01079936 Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) > Hi Nick, > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or > reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) That URL gets a 404. Cindy, I appreciate your taking the time to respond, but I really have to do a little bit of ranting here. This is typical of every lead I've tried to follow. It's all broken links, things that don't compile properly, things that are based on back-level versions of one product or another, or finding a post in a discussion group where someone asked the same question two years ago that I have now, and no one answered. Right now, I'm trying to work with the samples in the Microsoft Office 2003 Smart Document SDK. If I open SimpleSample.doc in any of the samples directories, I get a popup message saying: "This document works best when you use an up-to-date XML expansion pack from: C:\Program Files\Microsoft office 2003 Developer Resources\Microsoft Office 2003 Smaqrt Document SDK\samples\SimpleSampleCP\manifest.xml. Do you want to download the XML expansion pack?" If I say Yes, it comes back with: "The file could not be installed because there was a problem with the security certificate. The XML expansion pack may not work as expected. For more information, contact your administrator." A quick google search produces a couple hits, but nothing useful. If I create the impression that I am sitting here, turning purple, foam spewing out of my mouth, veins in my neck bulging, fingers twitching with anger as I type this, ... well actually, come to think of it, that probably is an accurate description. But please be assured that this rage is not directed at anyone in this newsgroup. Any efforts to help will be sincerely appreciated. Hi Nick, > That URL gets a 404. I was viewing the page when I copied the URL to my reply. So it is definitely valid and exists. In the message I see, it's broken to a second line, so you may need to do some patching together. > Right now, I'm trying to work with the samples in the Microsoft Office 2003 > Smart Document SDK. I imagine that's the link I posted... > "The file could not be installed because there was a problem with the > security certificate. The XML expansion pack may not work as expected. For > more information, contact your administrator." Can't help you here. I gave up on SmartDocuments long ago because this part is just so complex, intransparent and intractable. Took a course, once, and of course deployment was the last bit. The samples there didn't work, either, and the instructor just walked out the door when time was up. FWIW "Office 2003 will not allow an XML expansion pack manifest file to load unless it has been signed by a publisher that is trusted on the local computer. If the file is signed but the publisher is not in the list of trusted publishers, the user is asked whether they wish to add this publisher to the list. If the file is not signed or the user does not trust the publisher, it will not load and the smart functionality of the Office document will not be available to the user." Sounds to me like the certificate with which this manifest was signed is invalid - meaning there's nothing you can do to get this sample to load (unless not updating the manifest helps). Or you could try signing the manifest with your own certificate. The VSTO 2005 product makes life so much simpler for most of this. But of course that's .NET Framework. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Hi Cindy, FWIW, I could not get to the page when you first posted your message containing the link or again now. And, I did put the link back together.  SignatureHope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP > Hi Nick, > [quoted text clipped - 50 lines] > This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or > reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) Hi Doug, > FWIW, I could not get to the page when you first posted your message > containing the link or again now. And, I did put the link back together. <Hmph>Doesn't work for me today, either. OK, how about this one http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sdsdk/html/ sdhowTutorialCPPCreatingTheDLL_HV01079935.asp Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) > Hi Doug, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sdsdk/html/ > sdhowTutorialCPPCreatingTheDLL_HV01079935.asp That one works. Thanks. Right now, I just want to get past the problem with the digital certificate. The messages are completely cryptic. It looks like it's trying to read it directly from my disk, which may explain why it's having problems getting the certificate. I've done everything I can think of to disable security, but to no avail. From what I've seen in Google and Google Groups, it looks like others have had the same problem but the only responses anyone can offer are things that don't work and the ever popular RTFM. All I'm trying to do is run some samples distributed by Microsoft, following the directions supplied by Microsoft, using tools and products that come from Microsoft. Is there anyone who can tell me step by step how to get around this problem? Hi Nick, > Right now, I just want to get past the problem with the digital certificate. > The messages are completely cryptic. It looks like it's trying to read it [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > supplied by Microsoft, using tools and products that come from Microsoft. Is > there anyone who can tell me step by step how to get around this problem? The only thing I can suggest is to contact Microsoft support and open an incident. If it's a bug on the Microsoft side, the costs will be returned. If you have an MSDN subscription, then you can get free assistance by logging in over the MSDN site and posting through the support interface there. To get around the manifest security checks, see this page http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sdsdk/html/sdh owTutorialDisableManifestReg_HV01075000.asp That's referenced from this step (6) in the tutorial link I gave you http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sdsdk/html/sdh owTutorialCPPTestTroubleshoot_HV01088306.asp Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) > Hi Nick, > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/sdsdk/html/sdh > owTutorialCPPTestTroubleshoot_HV01088306.asp OK - we're making some progress now. The registry update took care of that problem. Thanks, Cindy. Now I get: The file could not be installed because of missing internal setup logic. The solution may not work as expected. Contact your administrator for further information. I was only able to find two hits in Google - one from MSDN that said a regsvr32 command failed (no clue how to find out what the command was, why it failed, or what to do about it), and a newsgroup post from January 2004, where someone got the same thing and wanted to know what to do. No one responded. So, at the risk of making an even greater nuisance of myself, I'm coming back here to see if anyone has some useful advice to offer. There could well be a problem in the manifest file, whose structure is also not particularly well documented. If you can post yours here I may be able to spot something, but my memory of this stuff is now pretty vague. Peter Jamieson >> Hi Nick, >> [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > myself, I'm coming back here to see if anyone has some useful advice to > offer. |
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