Will VSTO add-ins developed for Office 2007 work in Office 2010?

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Are the VSTO add-ins that were developed for Office 2007 compatible with Office 2010? If not, what would need to be done to upgrade them to run in 2010?

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 04 '09 at 13:44

According to this (german) blog nothing big will change:

http://blogs.msdn.com/jensha/archive/2008/11/14/vsto-next.aspx

So I think it is save to say that it will work (althoug I would recommend to upgrade the code due mayor improvements in VSTO.NE(X)T).

Todd Main · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-20T19:22:54.340

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Yes, as stated here.

edited Oct 20 '10 at 19:22

answered Feb 05 '10 at 22:32

Todd Main

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agreed, ribbon is still there, and while deprecated nothing ever really gets removed from the major object models. – Anonymous Type Sep 06 '10 at 01:17
@Otaku but how about the other way around? I mean, will my Excel 2010 add-in work in Excel 2007? – woodykiddy Sep 16 '11 at 06:49
@woodykiddy: yes, it's certainly doable from VSTO 2010, provided you target .NET 4.0. See this article: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vsto/archive/2010/06/04/creating-an-add-in-for-office-2007-and-office-2010-that-quot-lights-up-quot-on-office-2010-mclean-schofield.aspx – Todd Main Sep 16 '11 at 07:11

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 08 '12 at 09:23

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I think VSTO 3.0 will not. Developed with VSTO 4.0 can.

answered Dec 08 '12 at 09:23

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Will VSTO add-ins developed for Office 2007 work in Office 2010?

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