How to Virtualise Excel Add on

I'm wondering if anyone has any advice. I've just started trying to get to grips with Application Virtualisation.
We use a 3rd party product InfoScheduler, for scheduling reports in Crystal Enterprise. On the machine for the app to work you need Crystal Reports basic tools and Excel. The app is basically a addin into Excel and uses the Crystal dlls to register against the enterprise server. The Excel addin only starts when you open a specific Excel file.
I was thinking of virtualising Crystal tools and Infoscheduler together, having already installed Excel outside of the recording program. But how do I get the virtual app to start for just this one Excel file ?
Or do I get the app to start Excel and then open the Excel from this instance ?

I've had a play and got the app to start Excel on the local device first and this seems to have resolved.

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Hi Steve Richter,
Here is a MSDN article about how to Deploy Multiple Office Solutions in a Single ClickOnce Installer.
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/dd465290(v=vs.100).aspx
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I got Code and Name in dropdown list of domain-based, how can I only show code without name in MDS excel add-in?

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We can use the setting on MDS webpage's Explorer to change the result of display.
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To the best of my knowledge that's not possible.
You should try to leave some feedback on this part of the product at connect.microsoft.com
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We have this problem when we install the add-in using an Administrator's login ID.
The problem is that the add-in automatically registers the Excel add-in. This causes a whole host of problems, including the one you describe (even when we install with the user as the admin on their own machine). Other problems include conflicts with other Add-ins (e.g. nVision) & utlities that import PDF into Excel.
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Technical support gave you the correct answer, it is
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If you want to remove the add-ins of Office 2010 programs, you need to remove it from control panel.
For example, if you use Excel, please try to follow the link to delete the add-ins:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/add-or-remove-add-ins-HP010342658.aspx
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Excel Add-In with WorkbookOpen event causes error in Word

EDIT: New information
I have narrowed the problem to a specific code. Following code produces the error message (see below in the original part):
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I have a problem with my Excel add-in (VSTO) in a very specific situation. For some reason I can't debug the add-in when it is happening.
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I can reproduce the error with and without an attached debugger (Visual Studio). But for some reason there is no exception caught by Visual Studio while the error is happening.
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Yavuz

Hi Yavuz,
Based on my investigatiton, when the Excel doesn't start up by user the add-in would shut down immediately. So when the workbook open event was fired the callback already be relreased.
As a workaround, we can use application.UserControl to detect whether the Excel applicaiton was started by user. And here is the code for your reference:
private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
if(Application.UserControl)
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Please let me know whether it works for you.
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