Aug 27 2019 04:56 AM
MSIX packaging tool does produce a msix package from the msi of an Excel (2016) vsto complement but the built package doesn't seem to install properly neither appear in "applications & functionalities" menu.
Any light on this topic?
Thanks
Aug 28 2019 07:56 AM - edited Aug 28 2019 07:59 AM
Hi @Raoul12
I see you clarified where you can see the installed msix packaged apps and how you can uninstall them.
Regarding extensions/add-ins that is a little bit complicated. First, the main app for which you deploy the extension should also be packaged as an MSIX package, otherwise, I don't see how the MSIX container of your add-in will interact with the main app.
Then, regarding how the OS handles the connection between the main app and its add-ins we suspect Microsoft will rely on the optional packages support from MSIX, but we haven't seen any other announcements on this topic lately. Another announcement/demo/promise was demo-ed in 2018 by MSFT.
From my perspective, optional packages seem very similar with modification packages (I may be missing something) so, to be honest, I don't understand why the separation between.
Aug 28 2019 10:27 AM - edited Aug 28 2019 10:33 AM
Thanks for your remarks. Optional package seems interesting
I have been a little further on the topic.
Now the package installs properly on my computer and create a folder in programfiles\windowsapps includind a vsto file. If I copy the folder on my deksktop the addin installs. I doesn't work on another computer probably because of a certificate issue.
I am not sure how clean this approach is.
Uninstall issue was due to a corrupted initial project.
Raoul