Visual Studio 2008 and Office 2003

Question

I was interested in using VSTO, but I am running Visual Studio 2008, and I have Office 2003. I know that I can use VSTO 2005 SE for Office 2003, but I can not find any information about programming Office 2003 with VS2008. Is it possible? If so, how to do it?

Answer 1

Yes, you can program Office 2003 on VS2008. If I remember correctly when you install VSTO, you will find that you have two new types of projects: one for office 2003 and one for office 2007.

It should be noted that updating the visual studio from 2005 to 2008 will automatically upgrade your VSTO projects to Office 2007. To get around this, see this article:

• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vsto/archive/2008/05/23/vs-2008-makes-me-upgrade-my-office-2003-add-in-but-i-don-t- want-to-anthony-crider.aspx