How to install an AddIn on a customers PC?

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How to install an AddIn on a customers PC?
 
Andrei Jugovic




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 Joined: 2007-02-08
Hi!

I have written a AddIn for Outlook using ADX07. How do I install this AddIn on a customers PC? Which files does the customer need, in which folders have the files to be copied, which registry entries have to be created/changed?

I use InnoSetup as installation program. Do you have any example scripts that show how to install an addin using InnoSetup?

Thank you
Posted 13 Mar, 2007 06:42:26 Top
Dmitry Kostochko


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 Joined: 2004-04-05
Hi Andrei,

How do I install this AddIn on a customers PC?


In genereal, you need to copy and register your dll on the target PC.

Which files does the customer need, in which folders have the files to be copied, which registry entries have to be created/changed?


Files: if your add-in doesn't use any custom files (e.g. ini files with some settings, text files with EULA, etc.), then it is the only dll.
Folders: it is up to you to decide, usually it is the Program Files\<Company Name>\<Add-in name>\ folder.
Registry entries: none, all necessary registry entries are created automatically during the add-in registration.

Do you have any example scripts that show how to install an addin using InnoSetup?


See the script below:

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[Setup]
AppName=My Program
AppVerName=My Program 1.0
AppPublisher=My Company, Inc.
AppPublisherURL=http://www.mycompany.com
AppSupportURL=http://www.mycompany.com
AppUpdatesURL=http://www.mycompany.com
DefaultDirName={pf}\My Company\My Program
DefaultGroupName=My Program
OutputBaseFilename=setup
Compression=lzma
SolidCompression=yes

[Files]
Source: "<FULL_PATH>\<YOUR_PROJECT_NAME>.dll"; DestDir: "{app}"; Flags: ignoreversion regserver
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Posted 13 Mar, 2007 08:54:41 Top
Kenshin Himura




Posts: 4
 Joined: 2007-07-30
Hi, i'm a newbie and need help :o)

I wrote a Plugin for outlook 11 (2003) in Visual Basic 6.

How have i to compile it that the .dll is created and how to install it after that?

Thanks a lot in advance!
Kenshin
Posted 30 Jul, 2007 05:12:51 Top
Dmitry Kostochko


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 Joined: 2004-04-05
Hi Kenshin,

As far as I remember the Visual Basic 6 IDE you need to use the File -> Make command for making a dll.

Posted 30 Jul, 2007 07:08:18 Top