February 2009 - Posts

VSTO Runtime bootstrapper package failure causes deployed customization installation to fail (Aaron Cathcart)
07 February 09 12:48 AM

In an attempt to make this easier to read here are a few terms I will be using frequently in this article: VSTOR = Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System (version 3.0 Runtime) (x86) VSTORSP1 = Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office Read More...

Postedby VSTO Team | 4 Comments    

Filed under: ClickOnce, Deployment, MSI, Add Remove Programs, SP1, Aaron Cathcart, Bootstrapper

Building Office Business Applications with Visual Studio
03 February 09 11:01 AM

This week Microsoft is hosting an internal even called Tech Ready 8 in Seattle. Microsoft technical field reps and product teams come together to talk about all of the great products we're building. I presented a session on Building Office Development Read More...

Postedby VSTO Team | 1 Comments    

Filed under: OBA, VS2008, Beth Massi, Office Development, Rachel Schaw

Best Practices for Deployment with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 (Mary Lee, Rachel Schaw)
02 February 09 03:01 PM

After you develop Office solutions with Visual Studio Tools for Office, you can use Visual Studio 2008 SP1 to simplify your deployment experience. First, you can take advantage of the smaller .NET Framework Client Profile to decrease download time. Next, Read More...

Postedby VSTO Team | 4 Comments    

Filed under: ClickOnce, Mary Lee, Deployment, primary interop assemblies, .NET Framework Client Profile, Rachel Schaw