Customization, Automation, Addins and Life : VSTO

Outlook 2007 Form Region Sample – Second Edition

TQuinn — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:28:00 GMT

Office 2007 is official today, so it is time to update my Form Region Sample. The big difference is new methods on the _FormRegionStartup interface. With input from us here in VSTO, Outlook changed the interface to make it easier to use from VSTO addins...(read more)

Outlook 2007 Form Region Sample

TQuinn — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 02:02:00 GMT

I've finally finished my Form Region Sample for Outlook 2007 that was promised. I've been working on it in earnest for a couple weeks now in my spare time. I am now resisting the urge to continue tweaking it: it is time to lockdown and ship. The urge...(read more)

Back in Redmond

TQuinn — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 02:49:00 GMT

It's good to be home. But we had a great time in Europe and learned a ton. The best thing I learned is that ISVs are using VSTO and using it well. Hopefully they learned from us as well. I have nothing but good things to say about the Frontline program,...(read more)

Using Windows Presentation Foundation in VSTO -- with "Cross-bow"

TQuinn — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 02:38:00 GMT

I've been working on this on and off since TechEd. I had a customer ask if it was possible to use WPF (formerly Avalon) in a VSTO Custom Task Pane. It is possible, and we're dealing with CTP (Community Technical Preview) releases on top of beta releases,...(read more)

TechEd 06: VSTO 'v3' talk this afternoon

TQuinn — Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:34:00 GMT

Mike Hernandez and I are speaking today (3:15 in room 153) about VSTO 'v3' and what we are doing with Office 2007. We'll be showing several demos of the new programmability features enabled by the next version of VSTO in Office 2007. VSTO 'v3' will release...(read more)

VSTO 'v3' June CTP can run VSTO 2005 customizations

TQuinn — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 03:12:00 GMT

One of the biggest complaints we had on the February CTP of VSTO v3 was that you couldn't run your VSTO 2005 customizations in Office 2007. I'm happy to say we fixed that problem in the latest CTP for June. What this means is that when you get the VSTO...(read more)

VSTO 'v3' June CTP and WinFX Beta 2

TQuinn — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 01:15:00 GMT

So many of you have noticed that we got a little surprised by WinFX Beta2. The June Customer Technical Preview (CTP) of VSTO 'v3' requires February CTP of the WinFX Runtime Components along with Beta 2 of Office 2007. Well those Windows guys went and...(read more)

TechEd is Coming

TQuinn — Fri, 26 May 2006 23:38:00 GMT

TechEd in Boston is only a couple weeks away now. Unfortunately, if you haven't already registered, it looks like it is too late -- already sold out.

But for those of you who are going, I will be there with some collegues on the VSTO\VSTA team. I will be speaking about the next version of VSTO, coming soon. My talk will show off some of the new features of Office 2007 and how to get at them programmatically. My talk is on Monday the 12th of June -- first full day of the conference -- so don't miss it. It is in the Office track.

Paul Stubbs from our team will be doing a session on deployment and security for VSTO, also on Monday in the morning. His session is in the Dev track.

Please come find us and talk, we'll be in the pavilion and at all the events all week long.

Jobs on the VSTO and VSTA Teams at Microsoft

TQuinn — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 10:30:00 GMT

We are hiring!

Would you like to help realize the vision of Office as a development platform? Do you want your work integrated into every one of the hundreds of millions of desktops that have Office installed? Are you looking for a role where you can influence the product strategy and make a significant impact on an emerging product?

If you answered “YES!” to any of these questions then the VSTO and VSTA team at Microsoft (Redmond, Washington) is the place for you. The VSTO and VSTA team has openings and is looking for talent.

For more information, see a complete listing of open jobs here.

To submit your resume, use this contact form: http://blogs.msdn.com/eric_carter/contact.aspx