Re: modal dialog display problem after switch between applications

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Well, not sure what to say now. You're not turning off ScreenUpdating in
Word are you? Any chance you can show is the code you're using?

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Tom Winter
tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

"upxtechie" <upxtechs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Well, as far as I understand you one way of my tests was exactly like you
> have suggested it right now: build the add-in as a dll, put it on another
> Windows system, register it and start Word. But also that procedure comes
> to
> the same result.
>
> Is there any public VB-project for a COM add-in available (most favorable
> for MS Word 2000) using a modal dialog ? I wonder if such project would
> run
> in my VS or dll build on my system would function correctly.
>
> Regards,
> Joerg
>
>
> "Tom Winter" wrote:
>
>> No, that's not what I meant. Don't run it from within VS at all. Compile
>> it,
>> register it if needed, then just start the Office application and let
>> your
>> add-in run as though it were "installed" on your system. Running it from
>> within the VS IDE will always cause the messy behavior. Letting it run
>> "normally" will not. (Sorry, I'm not sure of the right term here to
>> communicate what I mean.)
>>
>> -Tom
>>
>> "upxtechie" <upxtechs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:10F7F9FD-14FE-493F-A86F-390C586C3D96@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Thanks for this hint, but it proves not to be the solution. I have
>> > tried
>> > the
>> > way you have described it (first build the add-in, then run it from
>> > VS),
>> > and
>> > it exacly behaved the same way as before.
>> > I have also ported the code to another environment (Win XP Pro SP1, VS6
>> > SP6,
>> > Office XP SP3, MS Office XP Developer V.10 SP1) and have used the same
>> > build
>> > procedure - again with no positive results.
>> > Also the installation of a build com add-in dll to a windows system
>> > which
>> > has no VS IDE installed does not result in any different behavior.
>> >
>> > Best regards,
>> > Joerg
>> >
>> > "Tom Winter" wrote:
>> >
>> >> "upxtechie" <upxtechs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote...
>> >> <snip>
>> >> > 1. Start the add-in from within VS...
>> >> <snip>
>> >>
>> >> I assume you mean that you are hitting the "run" button within VB6,
>> >> rather
>> >> than actually compiling your add-in. This is most likely why you are
>> >> getting
>> >> the weird behavior. Try compiling your add-in and the weird behavior
>> >> will
>> >> probably go away. I see this all the time when running projects from
>> >> within
>> >> the VB6 IDE.
>> >> --
>> >> Tom Winter
>> >> tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>


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