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Automatic project conversion / migration (Harry Miller)
24 July 08 05:47 PM
By default, Visual Studio automatically converts Office 2003 projects into Office 2007 projects when you open the project, if you have the 2007 Office system installed on your development computer. But you can change that default behavior. Resources Forum: Read More...
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Removing Customization Code Before E-Mailing a Document (Harry Miller)
18 July 08 06:54 PM
When you create a document-level customization for a document, all the copies of the document will be customized too. Even if you save a copy of the document with a different name, when the document is opened it'll try to find and run the code. All the Read More...
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Assembly Could Not Be Found or Could Not Be Loaded (Harry Miller)
10 July 08 11:54 AM
This video tells the story of someone who created an Excel 2003 workbook project in Visual Studio 2008.  No matter what configuration he tried on the client machine, he got this error when opening the workbook: The assembly could not be found or Read More...
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Catching Save or SaveAs in Word 2007 (Harry Miller)
03 July 08 02:57 PM
You can override Ribbon commands and run your own code for Save or Save As, or you can simply cancel attempts to save a document in the DocumentBeforeSave event handler. Code and resources: Forum post: Microsoft Word 2007 Disable Save As Temporarily Repurpose Read More...
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WPF in Office Solutions (Harry Miller)
25 June 08 07:01 AM
A few months ago, Andrew Whitechapel wrote an article and sample application that demonstrates combining the native capabilities of an Office client application with the UI capabilities of WPF. Behind the UI, the application is connected to remote data Read More...
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Microsoft Office Developer Show Episode 5 (Harry Miller)
18 June 08 10:52 AM
In this episode: a tip about setting the background color of a custom task pane to match the Office theme, and about calling functions in add-ins from other add-ins. Plus, Mary creates an Outlook add-in that helps her remember attachments. Duration: 5 Read More...
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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...
Microsoft Office Developer Show Episode 3 (Harry Miller)
03 June 08 08:01 AM
In this episode: a tip about serializing data in a Word document so users can't see it, and why content controls disappear from documents if you add them at run time. Plus, Mary customizes the Ribbon in Excel so her boss Kemp doesn't need to use button Read More...
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Office development audio series 3 is now available (Harry Miller)
30 May 08 12:32 PM
This series focuses on development tasks that are common as part of developing Office solutions, and describes the tools in Visual Studio 2008 that help you do these tasks quicker. The series is organized as short, five-minute episodes that you can listen Read More...
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Microsoft Office Developer Show Episode 2 (Harry Miller)
28 May 08 07:14 PM
In this episode: a tip about how to save a new copy of a Word document instead of saving over the original, and how to create a class in an Outlook project to access methods without hitting the object model security prompts. Plus, Mary creates a quick Read More...
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Microsoft Office Developer Show Episode 1 (Harry Miller)
21 May 08 03:16 PM
This episode has a tip about adding controls to Word documents, a case file about how Canada Post solved its data entry problems, and what to do when an add-in doesn't run and there's no error message. ";" galleryimg="no" mce_src="http://blogs.msdn.com/blogfiles/vsto/WindowsLiveWriter/MicrosoftOfficeDeveloperShowEpisode1_C0DD/videoa560ee5da024.jpg"> Read More...
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Office development audio series 2 is now available (Harry Miller)
15 May 08 11:45 AM
This series focuses on the main components or features of Visual Studio 2008 Professional that you can use for Office development. It's organized as short, five-minute episodes that you can listen to while you drive, travel, exercise, eat lunch, or whenever Read More...
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Office development audio series 1 is now available (Harry Miller)
17 April 08 02:03 PM
If you'd like a quick introduction to the main aspects of Office development using Visual Studio 2008 Professional, you can now get it while you drive, travel, exercise, eat lunch, or whenever you usually listen to your portable MP3 player. (Of course, Read More...
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