Office 2007, .NET and MSGraph
MarcG
have to create charts and graphs in the document.
I started to look up information about MSGraph and saw that it is listed as
a "legacy ActiveX control." Is there a more recent, .NET object that I can
use?
I noticed when I did the Office 2007 install that there was a customization
entry for "MSGRAPH .NET Programability Support" but I haven't been able to
find any information about this and in VS2005, Add Reference doesn't show
anything in the .NET tab for Word, Office, or MSGraph.
If there is a .NET wrapper or better for MSGRAPH (or MSCHART), what is it
and how do I bring it in to my VS2005 project?
If I'm stuck with the ActiveX control, how do I get at it from VS (C#).
A pointer to blogs, articles, books, KB, or library items that deal with
this question would be much appreciated.
Thx
Jialiang Ge [MSFT]
From your post, my understanding on this issue is: you want to know how to
manipulate charts and graphs in Word 2007 via external automation with C#.
If I'm off base, please feel free to let me know.
In order to automate Office solution in .NET, we need to make sure that the
Office Primary Interop Assembly (PIA) has been installed. In other words,
we need to ensure that "Office .NET Programmability Support" is checked
when you install Office. If the PIA is not installed on your computer,
please visit the page: 2007 Microsoft Office System Update: Redistributable
Primary Interop Assemblies
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=59DAEBAA-BED4-4282
-A28C-B864D8BFA513&displaylang=en) and install it.
Actually, "Add Reference" in Visual Studio does not show the Office interop
assemblies in the ".NET" tab. It lists them in the "COM" tab after you
install the PIA:
Microsoft Access 12.0 Object Library
Microsoft Excel 12.0 Object Library
Microsoft Graph 12.0 Object Library (used by PowerPoint, Access, and Word
for graphs)
Microsoft InfoPath 2.0 Type Library
Microsoft Outlook 12.0 Object Library
Microsoft PowerPoint 12.0 Object Library
Microsoft Word 12.0 Object Library
Microsoft Office 12.0 Object Library (Office shared functionality)
and so on.
In order to manipulate Graph and Chart in Word, we need to add reference to
Microsoft Word 12.0 Object Library and Microsoft Graph 12.0 Object Library
in your application. The MSDN article
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa198537(office.10).aspx
introduces the Microsoft Graph Object Model in detail. And here are a few
more articles talking about how to automate Microsoft Word, how to edit MS
graph programmatically, etc:
How to automate Microsoft Word to create a new document by using Visual C#
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316384
It has samples about how to use MSGraph.
How To Automate An Embedded MSGraph Object with Visual Basic
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/244589#appliesto
How to Edit an MS Graph Object Programmatically
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/190239
Please let me know if you have any other concerns, or need anything else.
Sincerely,
Jialiang Ge (jia...@online.microsoft.com, remove 'online.')
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MarcG
That was very helpful - thx. I gather I'm stuck with activeX for a while,
but at least now I know how to use it.
Marc
engrforever
"Jialiang Ge [MSFT]" wrote:
I have interest in using the MSGRAPH/MSCHART to develop line graphs in a
VB>NET (2005) application. Can the same set of instructions be used for my
needs?
Dennis
Please have a look at
http://www.vb123.com/Toolshed/99_graphs/msolechart.htm
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DanH
8.0 and MS Graph Object Library 12.0?