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Will your VSTO addin run on Office 2010 64-bit? Yes, probably. (Christin Boyd)
05 August 09 03:05 PM
The Visual Studio team is designing the runtime components for Office 2010 so that your Visual Studio Tools for Office 2005 and Visual Studio 2008 .NET addins, document solutions and spreadsheet solutions will run on 64-bit Office 2010.  These runtime Read More...
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BUG: “Old format or invalid type library” error when automating Excel (Christin Boyd)
06 July 09 03:54 PM
A customer recently reported this bug when running their Shared Addin for Excel on French Windows.  Error: 0x80028018 (-2147647512) Description: Old Format or Invalid Type Library His solution worked great on English Windows, but gave errors in any Read More...
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Use a path that resolves anywhere your VSTO solution could be deployed (Christin Boyd)
04 June 09 01:29 PM
One of the VSTO MVPs pointed out that in some cases his customers were unable to resolve UNC paths consistently.  When he investigated further, he found that some branch offices of an enterprise were unable to resolve the UNC path ( \\myserver\myvstoapps\installpath\ Read More...
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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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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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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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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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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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Why Can’t I Change the Update Path when Redeploying VSTO Solutions? (Christin Boyd, Kris Makey, Jeff Young)
16 December 08 02:45 PM
The other day I was asked about the automatic Updates feature of VSTO 3.0 deployment. In this scenario, he used the Publish Wizard in VS 2008 to create a Word document solution and the install manifest. Then a bunch of people used the Word document, and Read More...
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DevConnections Conference: VSTO Session Demos (Christin Boyd)
13 November 08 03:23 PM
Hi Folks! If you're not one of the 4,000 professionals attending DevConnections in Las Vegas, then never fear! You can see my demos and learn about my session "Office Development with Visual Studio 2008" from this blog entry! VS 2008 lets you target Office Read More...
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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...
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Peek at Service Pack 1 (Christin Boyd)
11 May 08 10:42 PM
Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 is not finished yet, but we do have a beta version of the documentation ready for you to read! You can learn about some of the features that you'll see later this year when we release SP1. I recommend starting with reading Read More...
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Deploying Departmental Solutions via Email (Christin Boyd)
20 February 08 11:35 AM
A lot of VBA developers tell me that they love VBA solutions because there is no deployment necessary. All the code lives inside the document itself, so all you need to do is get the document (in e-mail or on SharePoint) and you have everything you need Read More...
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Office Developer Conference: Developing and Deploying Office Solutions with VS 2008 (Christin Boyd)
15 February 08 07:58 PM
Last Monday I presented session CLI202: Developing and Deploying Smart Clients for Office at the Office Developer Conference in San Jose. This blog post is a mini-version of the slides and demos from my session. The session was not recorded. Slide 1: Read More...
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