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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

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