.NET4Office
A blog by Eric Carter
FAQ: Why do my forms in my managed add-in or VSTO 2003 look Windows 95-ish
This is a frequent question that comes up. You develop a managed add-in or VSTO 2003 code behind....
Author: Eric Carter Date: 10/22/2004
VSTO 2005 Video Magic
If you haven't had a chance yet to see these great videos that Kathleen has made of VSTO in action,...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 10/21/2004
More on getting Outlook to shut down
I recently posted some code showing how to get Outlook to shut down. I contended that you shouldn't...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 10/20/2004
This post brought to you by the letter E
On the very off topic subject of wacky things that happen to developers office's, somehow one of the...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 10/15/2004
Building a Status Report Application With VSTO 2005 & Word
Another new article on MSDN about VSTO 2005--this time by J. Jason De Lorme. Jason mentions that...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 10/14/2004
Cool new overview article on what's new in VSTO 2005
There's a great new article on MSDN with lots-o-pretty-pictures on what's new in VSTO 2005. Check it...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 10/11/2004
Getting Outlook to shut down
I’ve had a number of people ask me how to get Outlook to shutdown properly when you create a managed...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 10/10/2004
Fun with Shimming Wizards, Shimming and Outlook
As promised, I thought I'd report on my experience with the new Shimming wizards that I blogged...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 10/01/2004
Another venue for VSTO 1.0
A quick plug for another way to get your hands on VSTO 1.0. If you haven't picked up VSTO yet, you...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 09/29/2004
Add-in Shimming Wizard!
I've talked at some length in this blog about the importance of shimming your managed add-in so it...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 09/28/2004
There be PowerPoint here captain!
I've updated officewiki (https://www.officewiki.net) to include PIA documentation for the PowerPoint...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 09/28/2004
Programming Visio, Building Research Services in .NET
Mai-lan, a lead PM on the Visio team, has started blogging about Visio development issues including...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 09/23/2004
Simple data binding changes in VSTO 2.0 Beta 2
[Thanks to Mohit Gupta for his code examples that I quote in this entry] We changed how simple data...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 09/22/2004
Problems when a Method and Event name are the same when using C#
[Editors note: Blogging is slow right now because we are really heads down trying to get Beta 2 of...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 09/20/2004
Parameterized Properties in C# and the mystery of Value2 in Excel
One of the mysteries in Excel customization code that I see written by C# developers is the use of...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 09/06/2004
FAQ: Can I use the Office XP PIAs with Office 2003?
In my previous post I wrote this--but then removed it: "Note that the Office XP PIAs will work...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 08/21/2004
FAQ: Where are the Office PIAs?
This has become a frequently asked question--where are the Office PIAs? The Office XP PIAs are...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 08/18/2004
Converting Excel Dates to .NET DateTime
Just when I thought it was safe to write .NET code in Excel, Mohit Gupta and Eric Lippert opened up...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 08/14/2004
Changes to a range
[Editor's note] I've been on leave from Microsoft but I'm back now so postings should be more...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 08/11/2004
It's all about the beta baby!
Well, we did it--we finished beta 1 of VSTO 2.0 (aka VSTO 2005). And it can now be yours for the...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 07/01/2004
A quick look at adding view controls and managed controls at runtime
One late breaking feature in VSTO 2.0 is known as dynamic controls. This is a feature that allows...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 06/24/2004
Where do you want F5 to go today
VSTO 2.0 has an interesting feature that lets you decide whether Visual Studio or Excel/Word handle...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 06/15/2004
More VSTO 2.0 Managed Controls
So you've (hypothetically) installed VSTO 2.0, you create a new Excel project, and you drag and drop...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 06/04/2004
OfficeWiki.NET now has Outlook PIA docs
Hi all. I'm spending the weekend doing some Outlook managed add-in stuff, so I decided to generate...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 05/22/2004
VSTO 2.0 Managed Control Support: Primary and Extender
VSTO 2.0 has a feature that allows you to embed any WinForms control you want into an Excel...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 05/19/2004
Introducing OfficeWiki.net - An experiment in community Office PIA documentation
You may be aware that there isn't documentation available right now for the Office PIA's...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 05/14/2004
Excel PIAs: Who you calling Dummy--Dummy?
When you look at the Excel PIA in the object browser in Visual Studio, you will quickly notice what...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 05/07/2004
Coming to grips with the mess of types in the Office PIAs
Have you ever looked at the Excel PIA “Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel” using the object...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 05/06/2004
VSTO 2.0 Data Story
Paul Cornell blogs about the VSTO 2.0 Data Story including lots of pretty pictures. Tasty! All...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 05/05/2004
Fun with Excel--setting a range of cells via an array
A developer on my team was recently trying to set the contents of a small column of excel cells to...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 05/04/2004
Another VSTO 2.0 Webcast--second chance to see a live webcast on developing Word solutions
There's another live webcast by Kathleen McGrath on VSTO 2.0 and Word this Wednesday. This is the...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 05/04/2004
We forgive you Chris
Chris Kunicki posts a funny blog about how he originally provided some luke-warm feedback on the...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 04/30/2004
We're all sharing the same process--let's play nice
This is kind of like the story where the mother tells her kids “While I’m gone, don't...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 04/30/2004
You're living in your own private AppDomain--or at least you want to be.
Sam Gentile blogs about ReleaseComObject--between Sam and Andrew Whitechapel I think they have...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 04/29/2004
Even More Smart Documents--VSTO2 Style
Clearly today is ActionsPane day! Paul Cornell blogs on VSTO2 support for putting custom UI into the...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 04/29/2004
Smart Documents--VSTO2 Style
Chris Kunicki--Office developer extraordinaire--blogs about Smart Documents VSTO2 style. VSTO2 makes...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 04/29/2004
Word, XML, and VSTO 2.0 View Controls
Paul Cornell blogs about the view controls we create for you in VSTO 2.0 when you have XML structure...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 04/27/2004
MSDN Webcast on Visual Studio Tools for Office Version 2: Developing Word Solutions
Kathleen McGrath is doing an MSDN webcast on VSTO 2.0 and Word tomorrow, Tuesday April 27th, at 11...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 04/26/2004
Tips and Tricks for Office
PC Magazine posts 106 tips and tricks for Office. There's so many obscure things here that I've...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 04/26/2004
VSTO 2.0 and Cached Data: Goodbye Hidden Sheets, Hello Server!
Paul Cornell blogs about cached data in VSTO 2.0. I gotta tell you—cached data is one of...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 04/23/2004
Word XMLNode and XMLNodes View Controls
Paul Cornell blogs about the view controls we create for you in VSTO 2.0 when you schema map a...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 04/22/2004
OneNote 2003 SP1 has an Object Model
Andrew May blogs about some great news. OneNote 2003 SP1 will have a simple object model. All you...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 04/22/2004
Learn VSTO 2003 (1.0)
Want an easy way to learn about Visual Studio Tools for Office 2003 (1.0)? First, get your hands on...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 04/22/2004
Why Use VSTO?
Chris Kunicki has a great blog entry on why to use VSTO. This post is several weeks old, but still...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 04/21/2004
More about the VSTO 2.0 Programming Model--introducing Views
I wrote in some detail about view controls earlier. My hope in this entry is to give you a slightly...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 04/20/2004
Even More ReleaseComObject
Andrew Whitechapel posts an exhaustive blog on when to use ReleaseComObject in Office add-ins....
Author: Eric Carter Date: 04/17/2004
Have you tested your product over lunch break?
We had some interesting bugs recently in VSTO 2.0 that basically involve letting the product sit for...
Author: Eric Carter Date: 04/17/2004