My solution consists of 2 add-ins: 1 for Outlook and one for Word. They load and work perfectly in Debug mode. Both based on Add-In Express library. Both are registered correctly during install, for example: adxregistrator.exe /install=MyOutlookAddIn.dll /privileges=admin The installer works fine and everything completes successfully. When I open Outlook I can see the MyOutlookAddIn is in the list of Active Add-Ins. However, my custom Ribbon Tab is not showing at all.
When I run Fusion Log Viewer I see the following message. It is very strange because I do not have any assemblies with the name MyOutlookAddIn.resources.DLL and none either generated automatically...I googled all day long but at no avail. I can't find any reason for these error messages (assuming that the problem come out from it). Any clues of pointers are greatly appreciated.
=============== *** Assembly Binder Log Entry (7/17/2013 @ 7:54:46 PM) *** The operation failed. Bind result: hr = 0x80070002. The system cannot find the file specified. Assembly manager loaded from: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\clr.dll Running under executable C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office14\OUTLOOK.EXE --- A detailed error log follows. === Pre-bind state information === LOG: User = ZZZ-PC\ZZZ LOG: DisplayName = MyOutlookAddIn.resources, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=en, PublicKeyToken=62b2da92ff61da99 (Fully-specified) LOG: Appbase = file:///C:/Users/Leon/AppData/Roaming/My/MyOfficeAddIn/ LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL LOG: Dynamic Base = NULL LOG: Cache Base = NULL LOG: AppName = NULL Calling assembly : MyOutlookAddIn, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=62b2da92ff61da99. === LOG: This bind starts in default load context. LOG: No application configuration file found. LOG: Using host configuration file: LOG: Using machine configuration file from C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\config\machine.config. LOG: Post-policy reference: MyOutlookAddIn.resources, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=en, PublicKeyToken=62b2da92ff61da99 LOG: GAC Lookup was unsuccessful. LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/Leon/AppData/Roaming/My/MyOfficeAddIn/en/MyOutlookAddIn.resources.DLL. LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/Leon/AppData/Roaming/My/MyOfficeAddIn/en/MyOutlookAddIn.resources/MyOutlookAddIn.resources.DLL. LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/Leon/AppData/Roaming/My/MyOfficeAddIn/en/MyOutlookAddIn.resources.EXE. LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/Leon/AppData/Roaming/My/MyOfficeAddIn/en/MyOutlookAddIn.resources/MyOutlookAddIn.resources.EXE. LOG: All probing URLs attempted and failed. =============================
Apparently I resolved the error messages in the Fusion Log by using solution proposed here: AppDomain.CurrentDomain.AssemblyResolve asking for a <AppName>.resources assembly?
However it did not resolve my main problem that my Outlook Add-In does not show in Outlook despite that it is shown as loaded...Any other tools I can use to find where the problem is?
