Office/Outlook Dlls and Deployment

I am writing an add-in for Outlook and so far ive had pretty good luck with Outlook XP
I want to make the add-in work with as many versions of outlook (office) as possible. In the referances i only have the version installed to pick (outlook 10.0) when i deploy my app i want to somehow have it check what version of outlook is installed and referance that dll only. also when referancing i noticed that it pointed to the dll on my computer (d:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\...) not a generic place. this i assume will be an issue later because most people install office on the c:\..

Also, what are my options when creating an installer, only thing i need it to do is be able to run sliently and install according to a script.

Thanks,
Andrew

I want to make the add-in work with as many versions of outlook (office) as possible.

The only reasonable alternative is using late binding. See the tutorial about binding here on the board.


...outlook is installed and referance that dll only. also when referancing i noticed that it pointed to the dll on my computer (d:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\...


This has no relevance at all as Outlook taking care of any pointers irrespectively if You use late or early binding.

Before moving on with the installation-discussion why do You need a silent installation?

The only reasonable alternative is using late binding. See the tutorial about binding here on the board.
Ill look into that, thanks

Before moving on with the installation-discussion why do You need a silent installation? For network wide install.

Andrew

I believe You will get a better discussion about installer if You create a new thread in the forum Installation / Documentation here at the forum :)