Contributor includes an Outlook Add-in for Outlook 2003 or 2007. For details of the way the Outlook add-in works, see the "Related Features" section below.
This article discusses deployment issues for the add-in.
This feature is bundled as part of the Contributor installer.
The feature consists of an Outlook COM add-in and the CFS list view ActiveX control.
The Outlook add-in is built in managed .NET code using Visual Studio Tools for Office. In addition to the .NET 2.0 framework, the add-in has the following installation prerequisites:
- Compatible version of Outlook (Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007)
- Office 2003 or Office 2007 Primary Interop Assemblies (depending on which version of Office is installed)
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Second Edition (VSTO 2005 SE) Runtime
For individual or small-scale deployment, an interactive ContributorSetup.exe installation program is provided which ensures that prerequisites (2) and (3) are installed. If these prerequisites are not installed, the setup program will download them from the web and install them prior to launching the main Contributor MSI file.
The Contributor MSI file is also available as a separate download. For automated deployment, or deployment where some customization of the MSI file is required, it is necessary to ensure all prerequisites are preinstalled, and then use the Contributor MSI file for deployment.
Installation packages for each of the prerequisites are available at the links below.
During an interactive install of Contributor, the user is prompted whether or not the add-in should be installed. For an automated install, an MSI property setting ENABLE_OUTLOOK_ADDIN is available to enable or disable installation of the add-in. See the "Contributor Configuration Settings" link below for further information on installation options.