May 2009 - Posts

Learning about Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 (Mary Lee)
22 May 09 08:29 AM

To learn more about Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4, Kathleen McGrath is highlighting new documentation about these products with a weekly blog post and a daily tweet.  If you want to learn more about the new features and scenarios, check Read More...

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Filed under: Mary Lee, Kathleen McGrath, VS2010

Copying a Document to the End User Computer after a ClickOnce Installation (Mary Lee)
21 May 09 10:00 AM

Starting in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1, you can perform additional tasks after an Office solution is installed known as a post-deployment action. For example, you can copy a customized Office document and create registry keys on the end user computer. Read More...

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Filed under: ClickOnce, Mary Lee, Deployment, VS2010

Deploying Multiple Office Solutions In a Single Installer (Mary Lee)
20 May 09 10:00 AM

Starting in Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1, you can deploy multiple Office solutions in a single ClickOnce installer. For example, you can develop two Office solutions (one for Outlook and another for Excel) and combine these into a single installer with a Read More...

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Filed under: ClickOnce, Mary Lee, Office 2007, Deployment, VS2010

VSTO Bug Tracker (Eric Carter, Beth Massi)
18 May 09 01:16 PM

Eric Carter released a sample and series of articles based on his TechEd demo last week that shows you how to bring bug data from TFS into Excel and Word using VSTO so it can be further analyzed. If you you went to TechEd but missed the session you can Read More...

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Filed under: VSTO, Word 2007, Excel 2007, sample, VS2008, Beth Massi

Sign up for Office 2010 Technical Preview
12 May 09 10:36 AM

I’m at TechEd in LA, but it seems I could get just as much excitement just watching the Twittersphere today and watching #tela09 tags!  And my feet are killing me.  So be glad you’re sitting at your computer instead of walking around Los Angeles!  Read More...

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Filed under: VSTO, Christin Boyd, Office 2007, video, Community, Office Development, SharePoint, Office 2010

TechEd Sessions on Office Development
07 May 09 02:16 PM

If you’re going to TechEd in Los Angeles next week, then don’t miss these four sessions: DTL03-INT Meet the Microsoft Visual Studio Team Christin Boyd, Eric Carter , Paul Yuknewicz, Jay Schmelzer, Dustin Campbell , Jonathan Aneja, Luke Hoban , Igor Zinkovsky, Read More...

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Filed under: Outlook 2007, VSTO, Christin Boyd, Office 2007, Word 2007, Excel 2007, VB, C#, VS2008, Community, Office Development, Visual Studio 2010

Issues with installing VSTO projects that were published from Visual Studio 2008 on Windows 7 RC (Saurabh Bhatia)
07 May 09 01:32 PM

Many customers have reported issues with installing a VSTO project that has been published with Visual Studio 2008 running on the recently released Windows 7 Release Candidate. If you published your solution using VS2008 on a machine running the Windows Read More...

Postedby VSTO Team | 8 Comments    

Filed under: ClickOnce, Deployment, VS2008, Saurabh Bhatia, Windows 7 RC

Test Automation Tips: “User Name” dialog after new install of Word (Christin Boyd, Bill Robertson)
05 May 09 02:12 PM

We have a team of developers who focus entirely on writing test automation programs for the purpose of covering the huge matrix of test cases that Visual Studio requires.  We often configure new installs of Office and our automated tests need to Read More...

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Filed under: VSTO, Christin Boyd, Dialog boxes, Word 2007, C#, sample

Ich bin ein VSTO
04 May 09 01:18 PM

I hope I didn’t say “I am a doughnut.”  For native German speakers, you may already know about Lars Keller, a recent recipient of the Visual Studio MVP Award .  When the localized Help files and documentation aren’t enough, it helps to read Read More...

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Filed under: VSTO, Christin Boyd, Community

Developing for Office and SharePoint Server 2010 (Christin Boyd)
01 May 09 01:08 PM

I get a lot of questions about the future.  When will Office and SharePoint release?   First half of 2010. Is VSTO part of Microsoft’s long term strategy?   Yes!  The Office tools shipped in VS 2008 and will ship in VS 2010 with lots Read More...

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Filed under: VSTO, Christin Boyd, SharePoint, Office 14, Visual Studio 2010, Office 2010, SharePoint 2010