This manual covers Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO), a powerful set of tools enabling professional developers to leverage Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework for programming Microsoft Office applications. VSTO unlocks advanced capabilities such as data binding, design-time document views within Visual Studio, rich support for Windows Forms controls, custom task panes, and server-side programming for Office. The technology is designed to provide unprecedented functionality for Office developers, enhancing productivity and application development.
This comprehensive guide details the architecture of Microsoft Office programming and its object models, explaining three fundamental solution patterns: Office automation executables, Office add-ins, and code behind documents. It explores customization techniques for Excel, Word, Outlook, and InfoPath, including event handling and object model programming. Furthermore, the manual introduces the VSTO programming model, the use of Windows Forms and the Actions Pane, data programming, server data scenarios, .NET code security, and VSTO deployment, serving as an essential resource for developers working with these technologies.
Visual Studio Tools for Office is both the first and the definitive book on VSTO 2005 programming, written by the inventors of the technology. VSTO is a set of tools that allows professional developers to use the full power of Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework to put code behind Excel 2003, Word 2003, Outlook 2003, and InfoPath 2003.
VSTO provides functionality never before available to the Office developer: data binding and data/view separation, design-time views of Excel and Word documents inside Visual Studio, rich support for Windows Forms controls in a document, the ability to create custom Office task panes, server-side programming support against Office, and much more.
Carter and Lippert cover their subject matter with deft insight into the needs of .NET developers learning VSTO. This book
- Explains the architecture of Microsoft Office programming and introduces the object models
- Teaches the three basic patterns of Office solutions: Office automation executables, Office add-ins, and code behind a document
- Explores the ways of customizing Excel, Word, Outlook, and InfoPath, and plumbs the depths of programming with their events and object models
- Introduces the VSTO programming model
- Teaches how to use Windows Forms in VSTO and how to work with the Actions Pane
- Delves into VSTO data programming and server data scenarios
- Explores .NET code security and VSTO deployment
Author: Carter, Eric
Author: Lippert, Eric
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: Visual Studio Tools for Office: Using Visual Basic 2005 with Excel, Word, Outlook, and InfoPath
Pages: 01056 (Encrypted EPUB) / 00000 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2006-04-26
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780321411754
Category: Computers : Software Development & Engineering - General
Visual Studio Tools for Office is both the first and the definitive book on VSTO 2005 programming, written by the inventors of the technology. VSTO is a set of tools that allows professional developers to use the full power of Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework to put code behind Excel 2003, Word 2003, Outlook 2003, and InfoPath 2003.
VSTO provides functionality never before available to the Office developer: data binding and data/view separation, design-time views of Excel and Word documents inside Visual Studio, rich support for Windows Forms controls in a document, the ability to create custom Office task panes, server-side programming support against Office, and much more.
Carter and Lippert cover their subject matter with deft insight into the needs of .NET developers learning VSTO. This book
- Explains the architecture of Microsoft Office programming and introduces the object models
- Teaches the three basic patterns of Office solutions: Office automation executables, Office add-ins, and code behind a document
- Explores the ways of customizing Excel, Word, Outlook, and InfoPath, and plumbs the depths of programming with their events and object models
- Introduces the VSTO programming model
- Teaches how to use Windows Forms in VSTO and how to work with the Actions Pane
- Delves into VSTO data programming and server data scenarios
- Explores .NET code security and VSTO deployment
Author: Carter, Eric
Author: Lippert, Eric
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: Visual Studio Tools for Office: Using Visual Basic 2005 with Excel, Word, Outlook, and InfoPath
Pages: 01056 (Encrypted EPUB) / 00000 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2006-04-26
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780321411754
Category: Computers : Software Development & Engineering - General
