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OBA - Are We There Yet?
25 August 07 10:40 PM
I am a beliver in the power of Office as the pre-eminant smart client for the majority of LOB applicaitons. However, I also think that we're still a little ways off from realizing my belief - not because of some entrenched NIH complex held to by consultants Read More...
And if You’re REALLY Curious…
08 December 06 09:57 AM
You can check out the schemas and standards for the new Office 2007 file formats and data schemas here. http://www.ecma-international.org/news/TC45_current_work/TC45_available_docs.htm Read More...
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Installing Office 2007 RTM…After Uninstalling Beta 2…and then some…
01 December 06 08:45 PM
So I finally got motivated to install the RTM version of Office 2007 this evening. I had been running the beta 2 refresh version for a while and was all-in-all pretty happy with it. However, I have the final bits, so hey, I should take advantage of it. Read More...
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Ribbon XML Schema Support in Visual Studio
30 November 06 02:43 PM
So I'm currently working on creating an add-in for Word 2007 – and as a part of that, I've added some new functionality to my ribbon. As I'm sure those of you who have done this are aware, VSTO adds 2 new files to your add-in project when you add ribbon Read More...
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An Absolute Must Have Tool for Word 2007 Content Control Solutions
24 November 06 07:55 PM
If you've been following this blog at all, you've heard me talk about my adventures into the new Office 2007 file formats. More specifically, I've been interested into using Word 2007 content controls and binding them to XML data parts embedded into the Read More...
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Vista RC1 and .NET 3.0 – Trouble in Paradise
14 November 06 02:36 PM
So it's still a few days until Vista RTM becomes available internally, so for the moment I'm still running the RC1 build. Obviously there are some non-trivial bugs in RC1, but I've been through therapy and am somewhat at peace with them (having been assured Read More...
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Hello Microsoft Word Blog?
10 November 06 08:15 PM
Ok – I've got to admit, this feels a little strange. However, I've spent some time this week getting a feel for some of the developer features in Microsoft Office 2007, so I felt it was time I jump of the bridge and try writing and publishing a blog entry Read More...
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