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Can I deploy my <Insert App Name Here> and all of its prerequisites in one file? (Mary Lee)
14 October 09 03:16 PM
One frequent customer question is about how to deploy an application and all of its prerequisites in a single .msi or .exe file. This question applies whether you are deploying any of the following: Microsoft Office 2003 solutions with dependencies on Read More...
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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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...
Postedby VSTO Team | 4 Comments    
Deploying Office Solutions with Visual Studio 2008 SP1 and Windows Installer (Mary Lee)
18 March 09 08:36 AM
In Deploying Office Solutions with a Setup Project (Mary Lee) , you read about how to deploy Visual Studio Tools for Office solutions with Windows Installer (.msi) in Visual Studio 2008.  With Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1, the steps are the Read More...
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Deploying Documents to a SharePoint Document Library (Mary Lee)
13 March 09 04:56 PM
When you are done developing your customized Microsoft Excel 2007 or Microsoft Word 2007 document-level project in Visual Studio 2008, you may want to publish it to a SharePoint document library for others to use from the SharePoint site, or they can Read More...
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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...
Deploying Office 2003 Solutions with Windows Installer (Mary Lee)
17 December 08 03:08 PM
You may want to develop Microsoft Office 2003 solutions with Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) in Visual Studio 2008 SP1 for several reasons. Your customers are using Microsoft Office 2003. Your customers are using both Microsoft Office 2003 and the Read More...
How to Include .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 with Your Installer (Mary Lee)
18 November 08 02:55 PM
Recently in the Visual Studio Tools for Office forum , a Visual Studio 2008 SP1 developer asked how to include the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1 in the same directory as the application.  For example, you can select Download prerequisites from Read More...
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How Do I: Deploy Document-Level Office 2007 Solutions with Windows Installer? (Mary Lee)
02 October 08 09:26 AM
In Deploying an Office solution using Windows Installer , you read how to deploy document-level Office 2007 solutions with Windows Installer.  As a follow up, you can now see how to add a Setup project to your VSTO solution and add a custom action Read More...
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How Do I: Deploy Application-Level Office 2007 Solutions with Windows Installer? (Mary Lee)
02 October 08 09:21 AM
In Deploying an Office solution using Windows Installer , you read how to deploy application-level Office 2007 solutions with Windows Installer.  As a follow up, you can now see how to add a Setup project to your VSTO solution and create registry Read More...
What's New in VS 2008 SP1 and how the VSTO team decided what to include in a Service Pack (Christin Boyd, Mary Lee)
11 July 08 12:29 PM
Updated August, 2008 I'd like to give you some insight into how we decide what goes into a Service Pack for Microsoft Visual Studio. I'm speaking specifically about how the VSTO team built SP1; most other groups within Visual Studio use the same process. Read More...
Microsoft Office Developer Show Episode 4 (Harry Miller)
11 June 08 09:16 AM
In this episode: a tip about saving and restoring the position of custom toolbars in Outlook 2007, and how to copy values from one worksheet and paste them in another. Plus, Mary finishes her Excel application and sends it to her boss in e-mail. Duration: Read More...
Deploying Office Solutions with a Setup Project (Mary Lee)
29 May 08 06:32 PM
You can now read the long awaited whitepapers about deploying Office 2007 solutions with a Visual Studio 2008 Setup project to create a Windows Installer package. These whitepapers show you how to complete the following tasks: Configure prerequisites: Read More...
Common Pitfalls during PIA Deployment and Installation (Mary Lee)
20 May 08 12:05 PM
Deploying or installing the Office primary interop assemblies (PIAs) can sometimes be problematic. There are several common errors that occur when you try to deploy or install the PIAs. Deployment pitfalls A. Can I deploy the PIA DLL with my setup project? Read More...
Adding the Office Primary Interop Assemblies as a Prerequisite in your ClickOnce installer (Mary Lee)
08 May 08 02:21 PM
When you use ClickOnce in Visual Studio 2008 to deploy your Office solution, you can include prerequisites such as the .NET Framework 3.5, the Visual Studio Tools for Office system 3.0 Runtime, and Windows Installer 3.1. However, the primary interop assemblies Read More...
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