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Build WPF Data Controls for Outlook Addins Easily with VS2010
21 December 09 02:14 PM

Last post I showed how to migrate our Northwind Outlook client to .NET 4 and Office 2010 . This Outlook Add-in displays order history information in an adjoining form region so sales associates can see that data immediately when communicating with customers. Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 3 Comments    

Filed under: WPF, DevCenter, Article, Office, Data, VS2010, VSTO, OBA

Migrating an Outlook Client to .NET Framework 4 in Visual Studio 2010
15 December 09 11:12 PM

Early this year we built a business application for order management for Northwind Traders on the Office and SharePoint platform using Visual Studio 2008 and Office & SharePoint 2007. If you missed them: Architecture of the Northwind Office Business Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 2 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, DevCenter, Article, Office, VS2010, VSTO, OBA

Using Windows Presentation Foundation in Office Clients
10 August 09 05:31 PM

I was cleaning up my desk today and in the piles of mail and gobs of paper I found the SDN Magazine “Women in Technology” issue 101 that featured an article I wrote that was released in print back in May. Well, I just noticed today that near the end of Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 5 Comments    

Filed under: WPF, VS2008, DevCenter, Article, XML, Office, ADO.NET Data Services, VSTO, OBA

OBA Part 4 - Building an Excel Client against LOB Data
08 March 09 03:45 PM

In my last few app building posts we've been building a simple Office Business Application (OBA) for the new Northwind Traders. If you missed them: OBA Part 1 - Exposing Line-of-Business Data OBA Part 2 - Building and Outlook Client against LOB Data OBA Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 2 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, DevCenter, Article, Office, ADO.NET Data Services, VSTO, OBA

OBA Part 2 - Building an Outlook Client against LOB Data
07 February 09 02:36 PM

In the last couple posts we've been talking about an Office Business Application (OBA) architecture for the new Northwind Traders and how to expose line-of-business (LOB) data , in our case the Northwind SQL database, using ADO.NET Data Services . Today Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 9 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, WPF, VS2008, DevCenter, Article, Office, ADO.NET Data Services, VSTO, OBA