Mauricio Ordoñez

Today Microsoft took a major step forward in making it easy for developers to build powerful applications with the release of Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studio 2008. If you didn't make it to the launch event in Los Angeles or in a...

Delegates from national standards bodies will meet tomorrow in Geneva for the DIS29500 Ballot Resolution Meeting (BRM). As Alex Brown mentioned in his FAQ , "the meeting is for resolving comments that NBs have submitted (with their votes) on the text...

Legacy Hashing Algorithm . Eric White posted C/C++ sample code for the Legacy Hashing Algorithm that is used for document protection in Open XML. As Eric explains, this is used to signal to the application whether to enable editing or not. It is not used...

The Visual Studio team has just released a set of add-ons called VSTO Power Tools . Andrew Whitechapel wrote about it in his blog. The Power Tools have a treat for Open XML developers, the Open XML Package Editor. Whether you're writing code or learning...

After much prodding from various friends and coworkers I've decided to start blogging. I plan to write about Microsoft's platform technology, interoperability and other topics of interest. I've been thinking about what I want to say and do with my...