Word AddIn not starting after opening a document

Question

Hi all !

I've created a Word addin and it's working as I expect when I open Word directly.

The problem show up when I open a document : my addin is not starting. I can start it from the COM AddIn menu without problem after that, but it is really boring to do that everytime...

Thank you in advance for your answers !

Phil

Answer 1

just to be sure: when you open word from shrotcut or any other such means - your add-in is up and running, but when you open word by clicking document - it is not - am i correct?

Answer 2

To be more precise, if I open Word and no other word window (that was started from clicking on a document) is opened, then my AddIn starts.

If a Word window that was opened from clicking on a document is openend and that I start a new one, my addin won't start...

After that if I close all Word windows and start Word again from shortcut, my addin won't start until I start it from the COM AddIn dialog box again.

Answer 3

It seems like it gets disabled after some exception. Can you show us your Startup event of addin?

Answer 4

TextPicker textPicker1;
private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
        //Create and show the custom pane
        textPicker1 = new TextPicker();
        ctpText = this.CustomTaskPanes.Add(textPicker1, "Insertion juridique", this.Application.ActiveWindow);
        ctpText.Visible = true;
}

I really don't see what would cause an exception to raise... my textPicker has never caused an error when I've debuged the AddIn

Answer 5

Add try/catch around this code and log or show message box if error occurs. deploy and try new code.

Answer 6

Thank you for your help: you were right and I found the bug!

I don't know how to solve it yet: I want my cutom task pane to show when the AddIn loads, so I used this.Application.ActiveWindow. But it seems that when I start Word by clicking on a document the AddIn loads before the document opens... so there is no ActiveWindow and my AddIn crash.

Is there an event that raise when a document loads?

Answer 7

maybe try DocumentOpen or WindowActivate

Answer 8

I solved my problem by using the Application.WindowActivate event.

With the DocumentOpen event I had the same problem...

Thank you very much for your help!

Phil