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How to enable VSTO error/alerts to see why DMF add-in are being disabled

Brandon Mooi
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MacroView DMS and Generator use Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) which is a set of development tools for our add-ins in Microsoft Office. You may encounter issues with the add-ins being disabled and to troubleshoot this issue you can enable error/alerts to indicate why the add-ins are being disabled.

 

Enabling VSTO error/alerts

1. Open control panel > System > Advanced system settings

2. Select Environment Variable 

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3. In the System variables section, click New to display the New System Variable dialog: 

4. In the Variable name field, enter VSTO_SUPPRESSDISPLAYALERTS. In the Variable value field enter “0” and click OK.

5. Go to File > Options > AddIns in the Office application and try and enable the DMS/Generator Add-in. You should now get the full error of why the add-in is not loading.