AddInBase.RequestComAddInAutomationService Method

Returns an object in your add-in that can be used by other solutions.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Common.v4.0.Utilities.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Protected Overridable Function RequestComAddInAutomationService As Object

protected virtual Object RequestComAddInAutomationService()

Return Value

Type: System.Object
An object that you want to expose to other solutions.

Remarks

Override this method to expose an object in your add-in to other solutions. This includes other add-ins and document-level customizations running in the same application process, VBA code, and external automation code.

The object that you return must be public, it must be visible to COM, and it must expose the IDispatch interface. If the object you return does not meet these requirements, the Visual Studio Tools for Office runtime will throw an InvalidCastException after it calls your implementation.

For more information, see Calling Code in Application-Level Add-ins from Other Office Solutions.

Examples

For a code example that demonstrates how to override the RequestComAddInAutomationService method, see Walkthrough: Calling Code in an Application-Level Add-in from VBA.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

AddInBase Class

Microsoft.Office.Tools Namespace

Other Resources

Calling Code in Application-Level Add-ins from Other Office Solutions

Walkthrough: Calling Code in an Application-Level Add-in from VBA