Citrix Alternatives

11. September 2007
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This is an old article, but I think it still applies to someone looking for citrix alternatives.
 
I did some research recently on citrix alternatives and just will post some links here:
 
If I were a medium sized company I would definately look at these as alternatives.
 
Microsoft Terminal server is good for the small shops, I think. 
 
Printing issues have been a problem with citrix, but it appears the latest versions solve this issue.

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Getting Microsoft Office 2003 word addin working

1. January 2007
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This is another old blog entry from the past, that I wanted to take with me.
 
I recently spent some time testing word addins for my job and ended up learning much more than I wanted to know about word addins.
Here are the basic steps I came up with for creating a test addin. If you start with these steps below you know that everything is working with your addin from the beginning so you can then move forward.
 
Steps for creating an office 2003 addin without vsto.
  1. Create an addin by creating a new project and chosing other project types, then extensibility, then shared addin.
  2. use this code http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302901 to create a test addin.
  3. use this http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa537166(office.11).aspx to download the shim wizard and install the shim.  Is this step necessary, you may ask? I think so, because you are isolating your addin. Plus, the wizard is simple to use.
  4. if you are using vs 2005 and .net 2.0 go here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/908002/en-us and install this hotfix on your development machine, then include it in the prerequisites of the admin setup file(right-click on addin setup project, choose properties, choose prerequisites.
  5. Install the addin on a test machine. Do not just think that the addin works, because it works on your development machine.  This needs to be throughally tested on a clean machine.
  6. If you have problems then my advice is to post your questions at microsoft of here: http://www.outlookcode.com (They are a very good source for getting your addin working)
Below are the links and some of my notes:
 
Word Addin with shims--C#

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