I'd like to create an Excel Add In. But I want it to have a special behavior.
Then problem is that the Excel Add In I developed stays within Excel. Even when I run a normal Excel instance from Windows...
So what I want, to be more precise, is to have an Excel add in that will only appear in the Excel's ribbon when launched by my own C#_made application.
How should I do that ?
The behavior would be :
Here's a nice tutorial for you: http://www.add-in-express.com/free-addins/net-excel-addin.php
Edit:
Have you considered just disabling the addin, then reenabling it whenever you launch the app with a server that runs in the background and when excel is closed, disables the addin?
Here's some unload code I found here:
private void UnloadBadAddins(bool unloadAddin)
{
const string badAddin = "iManage Excel2000 integration (Ver 1.3)";
foreach(Office.COMAddIn addin in this.ExcelApp.COMAddIns)
{
if (addin.Description.ToUpper().Contains(badAddin.ToUpper()))
{
if (addin.Connect == unloadAddin)
{
addin.Connect = !unloadAddin;
return;
}
}
}
}