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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...
Demonstrating how to sync Facebook events to Outlook
05 August 09 09:59 AM
Every once in a while, we learn of neat apps that have been created with the Office development tools in Visual Studio. In an Outlook 2007 add-in, Jake Ginnivan combined WPF and the Facebook API to respond to Facebook events from a Ribbon. In addition, Read More...
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Quick Videos of Visual Studio 2010 Features (Beth Massi, Mary Lee)
03 August 09 11:38 AM
If you’ve missed them, Kathleen has been interviewing writers on various documentation teams on some of the new features going into Visual Studio 2010. Our own Mary Lee now has a couple video interviews posted on new VSTO features that you should check Read More...
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Video Interview: Mary Lee on Deploying Multiple Office Solutions (Kathleen McGrath)
04 June 09 07:35 PM
Mary Lee recently posted a blog entry that describes Deploying Multiple Office Solutions in a Single Installer , complete with graphics to help you visualize the process. I recently interviewed Mary to learn more about this topic, and to have her give Read More...
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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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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...
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Showcasing the VSTO Power Tools… (Mary Lee)
07 April 09 03:34 PM
The latest .NET Rocks! TV video includes an interview with Beth Massi where she shows how to use the VSTO Power Tools! Also, she introduces some other minor features that you may have heard of: Open XML SDK and LINQ. Check out Beth’s summary of the video Read More...
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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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Video How Do I: Add Controls at Run Time in an Application-Level Project (Mary Lee)
10 March 09 08:59 AM
In Walkthrough: Adding Controls to a Worksheet at Run Time in an Application-Level Project , you can see  to add host controls at run time in an application-level add-in by using Visual Studio 2008 SP1.  This video is posted to the How Do I 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...
New "How Do I" Video on Creating Smart Tags in Word (Beth Massi)
18 December 08 09:00 AM
Our very own Mary Lee has got a new video up on the Dev Center on programming smart tags in with custom recognizers in Word using Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 . This is a video version of the How To topic in the MSDN library . Watch or download the Read More...
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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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