Is .net required for office integration with alfresco?

[ganesh_boil]

Hi team,
I'm using alfresco labs 3.0 stable version. Now i want to integrate it with MS-office 2007.
For that i need office 2007 addin. I have gone through the google but i found only office 2003 addins in the following link.
http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Labs_3_Stable_download_files..
Can anybody tell me where i can get the addin for office 2007.
And one more doubt, if i want to use office addins , is it required to install .NET in my machine?
I read this in a forum, is it required?


Thanks for ur support.

Regards,
Ganesh.

[mikeh]

The 2003 add-ins work with Office 2007. Yes, you'll need .NET - the installers will download this for you if required.

Thanks,
Mike

[ganesh_boil]

Thanks MIKE thanks for ur reply. ANd a small question, if we use office 2003 then also the .net framework and visual studio is required? or not? Actually my doubt is if we supplied it for a client then all the client machines should have this installation. Then it would become a more expensive. Is there any alternate for this to use office addin?

Regards,
Ganesh

[mikeh]

You only need the .NET runtime (which is free) not Visual Studio.

Mike

[ganesh_boil]

Hi Mike thanks for ur reply.
I read the alfresco wiki available at http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Microsoft_Office in that they clearly mentioned "If required, the setup program will download components it needs from the Microsoft web site. The required two components are the .NET 2.0 framework located at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=37283 and the Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Second Edition runtime located at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=79951" under the installation section.

Is wiki is not updated one?

This is a bit confusion.
Please explain the following.

1. what we need (.net framework/visual studio/.net run time)in our local machine to use office 2003 add-in for ms-office 2007?

2. what we need (.net framework/visual studio/.net run time)in our local machine to use office 2003 add-in for ms-office 2003?


Regards,
Ganesh.

[mikeh]

The wiki is correct, you need the .NET 2.0 runtime and the VSTO add-in (both of which will be automatically downloaded by the installer, but you can also pre-install via the links on the wiki).

Note that Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office is not Visual Studio!

Thanks,
Mike

[ganesh_boil]

Hi mike,
Then .NET framework and .net run time both are same?

Is .net run time and Visual studio tools, both are free?

[mikeh]

The answers are all on the Microsoft site, or by a simple Google search. However…

Yes: you need the .NET framework and the Visual Studio Tools for Office. Just as the wiki states. Follow the two links and you'll download the correct components direct from Microsoft. Or run the setup.exe and they'll be downloaded for you.

Thanks,
Mike