VSTO 2005 Runtime distribution Excel application

[Guido Kochsiek]

It is possible to have an Excel application developed with VSTO 2005 to be
distributed without the end user has a Microsoft licence of Excel?

How does it work?

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

Hi Guido,

Post by Guido Kochsiek
It is possible to have an Excel application developed with VSTO 2005 to be
distributed without the end user has a Microsoft licence of Excel?

No, this is NOT possible. Any solution - of any kind, written in any language
- that uses a Micrsoft Office application REQUIRES that the Office
application be installed and licensed on the client machine. There is no
"runtime" equivalent of Office applications.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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