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I am using Visual Studio 2010 to create a new add-in for Excel. Ideally I would like it to work with Excel 2011 (Mac), 2010, and 2007.
There are three template options to choose from when I start a new C# project.
(Office) Excel 2010 Add-in
(Extensibility) Visual Studio Add-in
(Extensibility) Shared Add-in
What are the differences between these template choices?
Thanks in advance.
From MS. As the name implies, you probably want to use shared add-in.
Creates an application-level add-in for Excel 2007 or Excel 2010. For more information, see Getting Started Programming Application-Level Add-Ins and Excel Solutions.
Visual Studio Add-ins add functionality to the Visual Studio and Visual Studio Macros environments. For more information, see How to: Create an Add-In.
Shared Add-ins can add functionality to one or more Microsoft Office applications, as well as to Visual Studio. For more information, see How to: Create an Add-In.
Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0fyc0azh.aspx