Mike Hernandez Blog

Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (VSTO 2005 Second Edition) Now Available!

MSDNArchive — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 04:47:00 GMT

Windows Vista vastly improves overall quality, security, and reliability as compared to previous versions of Windows. Though there are tremendous investments in Windows Vista to ensure backward compatibility, some system enhancements, such as User Account Control, make Windows Vista behave differently from previous versions of Windows. These enhancements affect development of Microsoft Office 2003 add-ins with Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Second Edition. This update fixes those issues.

Please note that this update does not install a full version of Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Second Edition.

You can download the update from here.

Thanks!

Mike Hernandez

VSTO Team at Tech Ed 2007 Orlando

MSDNArchive — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 08:06:00 GMT

The VSTO Team is at Tech Ed!

I’m sure most of you are aware that Tech Ed is going on now, even as we speak, in Orlando, Florida. What you might not know, however, is that several members of the VSTO team are at the event. They are presenting breakout sessions and Chalk Talks; they’ll be at the Ask the Experts activity; and they’ll be at the product booth throughout the entire event.

So who is there?

Thomas “TQ” Quinn – Principal Architect

Paul Stubbs – Senior Program Manager

Christin Boyd – Customer Program Manager

Steve Fox – Customer Program Manager

McLean Schofield – Programmer Writer

Brian Goldfarb, Group Product Manager in the Developer Marketing Team, presented a great VSTO demo during Bob Muglia’s keynote speech on the first day of the event. You can see a video of that keynote in its entirety here. Brian comes out about an hour and 11-12 minutes into the session.

Be sure to drop by the VSTO product booth and ask for a copy of the new VSTO Fact Sheet. It’s loaded with cool information about VSTO, links to VSTO-related resources, and screen shots of the upcoming VSTO 3.0 in action.

A side note: I’m sure some of you who have been at previous Tech Eds are wondering, “Why aren’t you here, Mike?” The answer is that, sadly, this is the first Tech Ed I’ve missed in a long time. I was unable to attend this year’s Tech Ed because I’m scheduled to speak next week at the Dutch Dev Days 2007 event in Amsterdam, and then at the Irish VSTO User Group Tour the following week. But be of good cheer – I’ll be sure to raise a pint of Guinness on your behalf while I’m in Ireland! J

Until next time…

Announcing the Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map

MSDNArchive — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 07:43:00 GMT

The Microsoft Office Interactive Developer Map is a Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) application that helps developers visualize the different programs, servers, services, and tools that will help them build solutions. It allows them to drill down to each product and technology and learn about new features, objects, Web services, namespaces, and schemas required to extend Microsoft Office and build custom Office Business Applications (OBAs).

VSTO 2005 SE "Visual How To" Videos

MSDNArchive — Fri, 18 May 2007 20:10:00 GMT

Hi everybody!

I just wanted to let you know that there are some cool VSTO 2005 SE "Visual How To" videos in the Office Solutions Development section of the MSDN Library. Here are the links for your convenience.

Visual How Tos

Adding Custom Task Panes to 2007 Office Applications Using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office SE
Automating a Word 2007 Document Using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office SE Ribbon Support
Automating PowerPoint 2007 Using a Custom Task Pane
Binding Data to User Controls in Excel Using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office SE

Please let us know how you like these videos and what other topics you'd like to see by posting your feedback in the VSTO Forum.

Thanks!

Mike Hernandez

VSTO Screencast: Extend your VBA with .NET!

MSDNArchive — Thu, 10 May 2007 09:57:00 GMT

There is a new VSTO screencast on the MSDN Channel 9 site.

Here's the link: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=306413

Here are the details:

Visual Studio "Orcas" makes it very easy for your existing VBA solutions to call Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) methods! By setting the "EnableVbaCallers" and "ReferenceAssemblyFromVbaProject" project properties to TRUE, VSTO automatically adds the necessary code spit and references to your VBA project. Then you're free to mix managed .NET code with VBA script! Preserve your investment in VBA and amaze your friends as you effortlessly call VSTO using VBA's IntelliSense.

Join Eric Schnepp, Principal Program Manager in the VSTO team in this screencast to see how it all works.

I hope you enjoy it!

Mike Hernandez

VSTO: My Favorite Feature Blog Series

MSDNArchive — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:27:00 GMT

Visual Studio Tools for Office is the premiere development tool for building Office Business Applications. More features and RAD tools are added to VSTO as it evolves and some of these items are becoming fast favorites of the VSTO product team and third-party VSTO experts alike. Take a look at this blog series as it unfolds over the next six weeks and discover the favorite features and tools of team members such as Eric Carter, Paul Stubbs, John Durant, and Kathleen McGrath, in addition to third-party VSTO experts such as Ken Getz, Paul Ballard, and Tim Huckaby.

Blog Entry Schedule

Date	Blogger	Blog Address	Feature
02-May	Ken Getz Eric Carter	http://www.mcwtech.com/cs/blogs/keng http://blogs.msdn.com/eric_carter/default.aspx	Globals Class & Ribbon Support Outlook Form Regions
09-May	Kathleen McGrath	http://blogs.msdn.com/kathleen	Ribbon Designer
16-May	Paul Stubbs	http://blogs.msdn.com/pstubbs	Deployment
23-May	Paul Ballard	http://weblogs.asp.net/paulballard	Custom Task Panes
30-May	Eric Carter Tim Huckaby	http://blogs.msdn.com/eric_carter/default.aspx http://blogs.interknowlogy.com/timhuckaby/	Click Once PPT add-in support for Ribbon and Task Pane
06-Jun	John Durant	http://blogs.msdn.com/johnrdurant/	Workflow tools
13-Jun	Paul Stubbs	http://blogs.msdn.com/pstubbs	MOSS
20-Jun	Tim Huckaby Kathleen McGrath	http://blogs.interknowlogy.com/timhuckaby/ http://blogs.msdn.com/kathleen	Mining a SQL database with VSTO Word Content Controls
27-Jun	John Durant	http://blogs.msdn.com/johnrdurant/	VBA => .NET Interop
03-Jul	Paul Ballard	http://weblogs.asp.net/paulballard	MOSS 2007 Integration

Links to VSTO: Straight from the Experts Webcast Series

MSDNArchive — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 04:31:00 GMT

I just wanted to remind everyone that our series is starting on April 19th with VSTO expert Ken Getz.

Below you'll see links to the first three webcasts in the series. You can also find them (and links to future webcasts) in the MSDN Webcast Calendar.

Thanks!

Mike Hernandez
Product Manager, VSTO

MSDN Webcast Calendar

VSTO Straight from the Experts: Ken Getz

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032334194%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

VSTO Straight from the Experts: Robert Green

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032334206%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

VSTO Straight from the Experts: Tim Huckaby

http://www.microsoft.com/events/EventDetails.aspx?CMTYSvcSource=MSCOMMedia&Params=%7eCMTYDataSvcParams%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ID%22+Value%3d%221032334209%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22ProviderID%22+Value%3d%22A6B43178-497C-4225-BA42-DF595171F04C%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22lang%22+Value%3d%22en%22%2f%5e%7earg+Name%3d%22cr%22+Value%3d%22US%22%2f%5e%7esParams%5e%7e%2fsParams%5e%7e%2fCMTYDataSvcParams%5e

"VSTO: Straight from the Experts" Webcast Series

MSDNArchive — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:10:00 GMT

Well, it's been a long time since I posted an entry into this blog. It's been a pretty wild wide for me this past year, and I can honestly say that I'm finally getting used to my job as the VSTO Product Manager. But I digress...

I'm pleased to announce the "VSTO: Straight from the Experts" webcast series. It will be on MSDN during April and May. I'll be interviewing several VSTO experts, asking them to discuss solutions they've built with VSTO and talk about the things they think you should know when you work with VSTO.l

I've included the current schedule below for your convenience. I look forward to "seeing" you at one of the webcasts. Please be sure to spread the word and let your friends and colleagues know about this series.

Until next time...

Mike Hernandez

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April 19, 9:00 – 10:00 PST
Ken Getz
MCW Technologies

VSTO Straight from the Experts Series – Ken Getz

Join VSTO Product Manager Mike Hernandez as he interviews VSTO expert Ken Getz in this webcast. Learn about some of the experiences Ken has had using VSTO and see an example of the types of solutions he’s built. Finally, learn the top three things Ken thinks you should know when you work with VSTO.

May 3, 12:00 to 13:00 PST

Robert Green

MCW Technologies

VSTO Straight from the Experts Series – Robert Green

Join VSTO Product Manager Mike Hernandez as he interviews VSTO expert Robert Green in this webcast. Learn about some of the experiences Robert has had using VSTO and see an example of the types of solutions he’s built. Finally, learn the top three things Robert thinks you should know when you work with VSTO.

May 9, 12:00 – 13:00 PST

Tim Huckaby

InterKnowlogy

VSTO Straight from the Experts Series – Tim Huckaby

Join VSTO Product Manager Mike Hernandez as he interviews VSTO expert Tim Huckaby in this webcast. Learn about some of the experiences Tim has had using VSTO and see an example of the types of solutions he’s built. Finally, learn the top three things Tim thinks you should know when you work with VSTO.

May 15, 13:00 – 14:00 PST

Paul Ballard

Rochester Consulting

VSTO Straight from the Experts Series – Paul Ballard

Join VSTO Product Manager Mike Hernandez as he interviews VSTO expert Paul Ballard in this webcast. Learn about some of the experiences Paul has had using VSTO and see an example of the types of solutions he’s built. Finally, learn the top three things Paul thinks you should know when you work with VSTO.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System is now available!

MSDNArchive — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 11:32:00 GMT

I’m very pleased to announce the release of Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Second Edition, or VSTO 2005 SE for short), a fully-supported, free add-on to Visual Studio 2005 that empowers developers to build applications targeting the 2007 Microsoft Office system.

For further details about VSTO 2005 SE, please see the post on the VSTO Forum by KD Hallman, General Manager of the VSTO Team.

(Yes, I know we already announced this at Tech Ed Barcelona and Dev Connections Las Vegas earlier this month, but better late than never! <vbg> I’m still getting used to this whole blogging business and I just remembered that I hadn’t posted my announcement.)

Enjoy!

Mike Hernandez

Product Manager, VSTO

Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System Beta is now available!

MSDNArchive — Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:16:00 GMT

I’m very pleased to announce the beta release of Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System (Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Second Edition Beta, or VSTO 2005 SE Beta for short), a fully-supported, free add-on to Visual Studio 2005 that empowers developers to build applications targeting the 2007 Microsoft Office system.

For full details of the release, please see the post on the VSTO Forum by KD Hallman, General Manager of the VSTO Team.

Enjoy the beta!

Mike Hernandez