Topic by Christopher Farmer
Hi,
I'm writing an add-in that uses functionality from Word. One of the requirements is that it must be compatible with all versions of Word as early as 2003.
I have had a look online and found suggestions that using late binding should allow you to guarantee cross-version compatibility. I then noticed the "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word" DLL file in my RightNow directory and that reminded me about the Incident Reference Smart Tag (IRST) functionality that RightNow offers.
I'm wondering if anyone knows whether this DLL allows the IRST functionality to be compatible with versions of Word as early as 2003 and whether I could reliably use this DLL to help build the functionality that I require.
As you've probably worked out by now, I don't have access to Word 2003 so can't just test this myself, which doesn't make my life easy. However, I have created a Word template, which it says is compatible with versions 97 - 03, as well as a template for the version of Word I'm using (2010) and both seem to be working as I had hoped. However, without a native 2003 Word template I am wary of relying on these tests!
Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks.
