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Date: 04/03/2008
Out Loud for Outlook: Speech Recognition & Synthesis
Nathan Carlson developed a creative solution for Outlook 2007 using Visual Studio 2008 (codename...
Date: 02/01/2008
The Reports of VBA's Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
There’s recently been some confusing information circulating about the future of VBA in the...
Date: 01/16/2008
VSTO Runtime Assembly Name Changes from Beta 2 to RTM
If you created a project for Microsoft Office 2007 using Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2, you will...
Date: 01/09/2008
Hiding and Showing an Adjoining Outlook Form Region
There is no way to show or hide an adjoining form region at run time. However, you can show and hide...
Date: 01/03/2008
Wanted: Feedback on the documentation
We are working on making the documentation better, but we need your help to do it right. We'd...
Date: 10/17/2007
Orcas Beta 2 Deployment Stories
Hi, my name is Kris Makey, I'm one of the Testers working on the VSTO team. Over the last year my...
Date: 09/10/2007
Updated VSTO 2005 SE runtime is available
An updated VSTO 2005 SE runtime (VSTOR.exe, build .891) is now publicly available for download at:...
Date: 08/22/2007
Some customizations may stop working after an update to .NET Framework 2.0 is installed
The Common Language Runtime stores User security policy in a location based on the CLR version...
Date: 08/21/2007
Providing Feedback on Next Release of VSTO (in VS 2008 Beta 2)
I'm hoping many of you are as excited as we are about the upcoming release of VSTO - shipping in...
Date: 08/15/2007
Video Demo: Importing an Outlook Form Region into Visual Studio
This 4-minute video demonstrates creating a form region in Outlook with controls that are bound to...
Date: 08/06/2007
Video Demo: VSTO and VBA Interop
Here's a short video that shows a new feature of Visual Studio 2008 Beta 2 -- calling from VBA in a...
Date: 07/27/2007
Why a VSTO Runtime?
Download the audio fileDuration 9:48Size 7 MB Thomas Quinn answers Christin's questions about why...
Date: 07/23/2007
Building Office Business Applications
Download the audio fileDuration 19:02Size 13.5 MB Joanna Bichsel from the Office Platform Strategy...
Date: 07/15/2007
Outlook Form Regions
Download the audio fileDuration 17:08Size 12.5 MB Mike Morton talks with Christin about using form...
Date: 07/08/2007
OBA/VSTO Starter Kit v. 1.0 Ships
Many of you may have heard about Office Business Applications, or OBAs. If not, OBAs are essentially...
Date: 07/06/2007
OBAs and Office UI customization
Download the audio fileDuration 20:50Size 15 MB Steve Fox and Paul Stubbs talk about Office Business...
Date: 07/02/2007
How Mike Walker's Company Develops Office Solutions
Download the audio fileDuration 19:05Size 13.5 MB Mike Walker, a VSTO MVP, talks about the Office...
Date: 06/23/2007
Security and Deployment
Download the audio fileDuration 13:23Size 9.5 MB Darryn Lavery talks with Christin about the changes...
Date: 06/18/2007
Orcas and Software Testing (Chinese Language Episode)
登陆澳克斯岛（VSTO2008） Download the audio fileDuration 9:48Size 7 MB In this Chinese-language episode, Mei...
Date: 06/08/2007
Audio How-to: Creating Custom Task Panes Using VSTO 2005 SE
Download the audio fileDuration: 6:03Size: 4.5 MB In this audio how-to, Harry Miller gives some tips...
Date: 06/06/2007
Accessing the Ribbon from Other Classes in your Project
The Beta 1 release of Visual Studio Code Name Orcas Tools for the Microsoft Office System introduced...
Date: 06/05/2007
Soliciting Documentation Feedback
Gathering customer feedback is a critical part of our documentation process. Your feedback helps us...
Date: 06/01/2007
The Managed Add-in Framework
Download the audio fileDuration 14:33Size 10 MB Thomas Quinn talks with Christin about the VSTO...
Date: 06/01/2007
Videos That Demonstrate VSTO 2005 SE Tasks
There's a new type of technical article on MSDN called "Visual How Tos." These articles feature...
Date: 05/31/2007
Documenting VSTO
Download the audio fileDuration 15:18Size 11 MB Christin talks with Christa Carpentiere, the...
Date: 05/27/2007
Going to Tech·Ed 2007
Download the audio fileDuration 11:00Size 8 MB Christin Boyd talks about the VSTO team's plans for...
Date: 05/19/2007
Looking Forward to Orcas
Download the audio fileDuration: 16:32Size: 12 MB Steve Fox and Paul Stubbs talk about what's coming...
Date: 05/11/2007
Audio How-to: Customizing the Ribbon Using VSTO 2005 SE
In this audio how-to, Harry Miller gives a basic introduction to customizing the Ribbon in the 2007...
Date: 05/10/2007
SharePoint Workflow Activities in the Toolbox
When you create a new SharePoint Sequential Workflow or SharePoint State Machine Workflow project,...
Date: 05/08/2007
What's in Orcas Beta 1?
Download the audio fileDuration 17:00Size 12 MB Christin Boyd and Reza Chitsaz talk about what you...
Date: 05/04/2007
Modify Form Region Properties at Run Time
An Outlook Form Region item maintains a set of properties that affect the way it appears in Outlook....
Date: 04/30/2007
What is OBA?
Download the audio fileDuration 7:59Size 7.5 MB Steve Fox and Paul Stubbs talk about what Office...
Date: 04/27/2007
Outlook Form Regions – Which Name do I Use?
What is the difference between the FormRegionNameAttribute attribute, the FormRegionName property,...
Date: 03/09/2007
How to Convert a SharePoint Workflow Project to a Visual Studio Tools for Office SharePoint Workflow Project
You do not need to start a brand new project from scratch in order to take advantage of Visual...
Date: 03/04/2007
Updated Outlook Topics for the Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" January CTP
Today the VSTO user education team is presenting 4 more topics from the VSTO documentation included...
Date: 01/17/2007
Updated Word Content Control Topics for the Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" January CTP
Today the VSTO user education team is presenting 3 more topics from the VSTO documentation included...
Date: 01/16/2007
Updated Help Topics for the Visual Studio Code Name "Orcas" January CTP
The January 2007 CTP of Microsoft Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas”is now available for download in a...
Date: 01/15/2007
Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Office System (VSTO 2005 SE) Released to the Web
The final version of Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Office System (VSTO 2005 SE) is now...
Date: 11/09/2006
VSTO 2005 Second Edition Beta (VSTO 2005 SE Beta) is now available for download
This is the product that was previously code-named "Cypress". There is a new web page dedicated to...
Date: 09/20/2006
Tech Ed in Boston!
If you are planning to go to Tech Ed in Boston next week, be sure to come by the Visual Studio Tools...
Date: 06/09/2006
Announcing VSTO "Cypress"
Yesterday, KD Hallman, the General Manager for the Visual Studio Tools for Office team, announced...
Date: 06/08/2006
Office Developer Screencasts
A number of screencasts on Office development have been posted on Channel 9 Shows >> In the...
Date: 06/02/2006
Video Tutorial: Customizing a Ribbon in Access with VSTO “v3”
In this demonstration, I show you how you can create a VSTO "v3" add-in for Microsoft Office Access...
Date: 05/04/2006
Looking for Visual Studio Tools for Office Applications
We are currently looking for real-world applications built with Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office...
Date: 04/18/2006
Video Tutorial: Creating a VSTO "v3" Add-In
In this demonstration, I show you how you can create a VSTO "v3" add-in for Microsoft Office...
Date: 03/22/2006
Video Tutorial: Creating a VSTO "v3" Custom Task Pane
In this demonstration, I show you how you can create an application-level custom task pane in...
Date: 03/21/2006
Visual Studio Tools for Office "v3" CTP
At the Office Developer Conference, we announced the release of a community technology preview (CTP)...
Date: 03/21/2006
Jobs on the VSTO and VSTA Teams at Microsoft
The VSTO and VSTA teams at Microsoft (Redmond, Washington) are looking for talented testers,...
Date: 03/04/2006
Quick Start #3: Deploying a Document to a Local Folder, and an Assembly to a Network Folder
Note: There are other Quick Starts in this series, including: Deploying a Document and an Assembly...
Date: 10/13/2005