VSTO excel document - buttons not enabled

Question

Hi,

I have a VSTO excel document which was working fine.  Recently, admin rights were removed on my PC.  I had both VSTO 2 and 3 installed on my pc(VSTO document was developed in VS2008 sp1).  The document opens ok, no errors but none of the buttons are enabled (cannot click).

Would appreciate if any VSTO experts out there can suggest on how to go about debugging what is going wrong?

To summarize:

 - document opens w/out error

 - document is deployed on a network drive

 - document permissions are fine

 - Problems are:

   - windows forms objects(buttons, checkbox) are not clickable

Answer 1

Hello,

<<I had both VSTO 2 and 3 installed on my pc(VSTO document was developed in VS2008 sp1). >>
Based on my understanding, on your machine, there are Office 2003, Office 2007, VS 2005 and VS 2008.

I guess you are working with VSTO 3.0 Excel Workbook project, and publish this project to internet by using ClickOnce. For test, I add a new item (Ribbon Designer) and add a button to group on Ribbon form tool box. In my side, it works fine. Now, I cannot ensure if it is cause by administrator right.

I think you could run this project on debug mode, and see if buttons of this Excel Workbook is enabling. Check if this scenario only appears when open this excel workbook on the internet. 

If I have mistaken this scenario, would you please tell us more information?
1. This type of this project, Excel Workbook 2007 project?  VSTO 3.0?
2. The deployment of this project, ClickOnce or Windows Installer?
3. Do you mean the custom buttons of Ribbon?

Best regards,
Bessie

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