Compilation Error in Blank Word 2010 Add-In

Question

Hi,

For some strange reason, a blank Word 2010 Add-in created in Visual Studio 2010 does not compile.

I get the following warning:

Namespace or type specified in the project-level Imports 'Microsoft.Office.Tools.Word.Extensions' doesn't contain any public member or cannot be found.

I assume the other errors are related to this one.

 

I have a similar error when creating a blank Excel Add-In.

 

I have Word 2010, Visual Studio 2010 Professional and Visual Studio 2008 Installed on my computer. I just reinstalled Visual Studio 2010.

 

Thank you for your help.

 

Benoit

Answer 1

Hi Benoit

Which .NET Framework are you selecting when you create the project: 3.5 or 4.0?

I saw this the other day when selecting 3.5 for an Office 2010 project. Since I didn't intend to use the "Extensions" namespace I just went to every marked error in the list and commented it out...

See also this article in the MSDN documentation:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc442981.aspx

I didn't look at the problem any more closely, because I was pressed for time, but I think the issue would be that certain libraries aren't referenced when building the add-in, but the Imports (using for C#) are added.

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Cindy Meister, VSTO/Word MVP

Answer 2

Hi Benoit,

What is the status of the problem on your side? Does the suggestion help you? If you still need any assistant, just feel free to let us know.

Best Regards,

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Bruce Song [MSFT]
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