Office dll redistribution

[Tal McMahon]

Hello all,
I have an App that I would like to use a few of the
Office dll on. What license do I need to have to include
the DLL for people that do not (god forbid) have Office
on their computer? I have an MSDN subscription if it is
in there.

Thanks for the help

Tal McMahon

[CJ Taylor]

Re: Office dll redistribution

The question is, can you name a situation that you would use the office DLL
files and not have office installed on the client machine?

the office DLL's aren't really useful from what I've seen without office
installed.
"Tal McMahon" <anonymous@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:0bd601c3b9 a8$0e17f040$a30 1280a@phx.gbl.. .[color=blue]
> Hello all,
> I have an App that I would like to use a few of the
> Office dll on. What license do I need to have to include
> the DLL for people that do not (god forbid) have Office
> on their computer? I have an MSDN subscription if it is
> in there.
>
> Thanks for the help
>
> Tal McMahon[/color]

[Guest]

Re: Office dll redistribution

Yes I can think of at least 2 situations where a User may
not have office installed on their computer but I would
like to use Office functionality in my application.


1. I would like to use an Office Dll to do spell and
grammar Checking in rich text format controls in my
application.

2. I would like to view .doc and .xls files in my
application.


Now as I am Building an Enterprise Wide application
(vb.net) and I cannot be assured that every computer on
the network has Office installed. If I want to Used the
above mentioned Functionality I need to package the DLL's
along with my application. I am looking for the Legal
way to do that.

[CJ Taylor]

Re: Office dll redistribution

Good answer. =)

Actually, instead of using the office ones and worrying about licensing
(which I think for something like this you may need an office developer
license, I don't know cost, I just know you can get office developer edition
because we have it here.=))

However, a more viable (and much easier to deploy solution) is to download
the VB Resource Kit in which case it contains the ComponentOne Studio. This
has a Thesaurus and Spell checker that is pretty slick and nicely wrapped
into user controls, I've used it, very slick, VERY easy to use and then you
dont' have to even worry about licensing through microsoft.

Sound good?

-CJ
<anonymous@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:c23201c3b9 ba$539c6580$a60 1280a@phx.gbl.. .[color=blue]
> Yes I can think of at least 2 situations where a User may
> not have office installed on their computer but I would
> like to use Office functionality in my application.
>
>
> 1. I would like to use an Office Dll to do spell and
> grammar Checking in rich text format controls in my
> application.
>
> 2. I would like to view .doc and .xls files in my
> application.
>
>
> Now as I am Building an Enterprise Wide application
> (vb.net) and I cannot be assured that every computer on
> the network has Office installed. If I want to Used the
> above mentioned Functionality I need to package the DLL's
> along with my application. I am looking for the Legal
> way to do that.
>
>[/color]

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Re: Office dll redistribution

* "Tal McMahon" <anonymous@disc ussions.microso ft.com> scripsit:[color=blue]
> I have an App that I would like to use a few of the
> Office dll on. What license do I need to have to include
> the DLL for people that do not (god forbid) have Office
> on their computer? I have an MSDN subscription if it is
> in there.[/color]

AFAIK an MSDN subscription doesn't allow you to distribute parts of the
shipped applications.

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<http://www.mvps.org/dotnet>