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Microsoft Interoperability Team
This isn't your father's Sharepoint!
I never would have expected something like this to be the first web content management system to go...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 09/05/2006
What's New for Visio Developers
Saul Candib has a great 2-part series on MSDN covering Visio development: What's New for Developers...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 09/01/2006
Workflow and Open XML
If you're working with Windows Workflow Foundation, you may need to create documents as part of a...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 08/30/2006
Web Parts: Past, Present and Future
As I learned from Patrick's blog this week, Jan Tielens of U2U has written a comprehensive overview...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 08/29/2006
Ecma spec: working draft 1.4 now available
If you were intimidated by the large, dense Ecma draft spec for Open XML, things have changed: the...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 08/28/2006
New Binary File Format for Spreadsheets
With the upcoming release of the 2007 Microsoft Office System, much attention has been focused on...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 08/22/2006
Monday Morning Potpourri
After a busy week and a busier weekend, I came in early today to get a jump start on the week. Here...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 08/21/2006
Develop Without Borders Challenge
Do you have an idea for an Office Business Application that could help your favorite charity in the...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 08/14/2006
Office 2007 Developer Resources
I told a major Microsoft customer/partner this week that I would get together a list of Office...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 08/11/2006
Content Types for Open XML Documents
Since many people are starting put Open XML documents on web servers, I thought some of you might...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 08/08/2006
Baker & McKenzie paper on Open XML
Baker & McKenzie's London office has pubished a paper on the Open XML formats and the Ecma...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 08/07/2006
Xlinq and WordprocessingML
Last month I attended a meeting where Eric White described a really cool way he has been using the...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 08/03/2006
Open XML Compatibility and Rehydration
The new Open XML file formats offer true compatibility with all of the billions of Office documents...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 07/28/2006
TechReady3 and Open XML
This week we're having a huge conference at the convention center in Seattle for Microsoft...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 07/26/2006
Office Design Page
I saw a reference to the official Office design page in Jensen Harris's latest post. It's really...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 07/26/2006
Minimizing VPC Image Size
If you use Virtual PC, here's a great post by Jeff Atwood on how to create a minimal Windows XP/SP2...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 07/20/2006
Open XML file format: Word 2007 article
Ever since Beta 2 of the 2007 Microsoft Office System came out, the amount of content around the new...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 07/18/2006
Office Web Components Roadmap
Current and future plans for Office Web Components can be found on the Excel team blog this morning....
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 07/17/2006
CreateXlsx sample program
This post covers the code for a CreateXlsx program that creates a simple Open XML spreadsheet from...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 07/15/2006
C# Conventions and Project MRU Cleaner
I had a lively conversation with my manager yesterday afternoon about C# programming conventions. I...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 07/13/2006
.NET User Group and Open XML
Last night I had the opportunity to give a presentation on Open XML development at the monthly...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 07/06/2006
ODF support? In Office?
Well, not built-in, but today's announcement of the Open XML Translator, an open-source project to...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 07/06/2006
Introduction to the WSS V3 Object Model
It's been a while since Dan Winter has posted anything on his blog, but it was worth the wait. His...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 07/04/2006
CreateDOCX Sample Program
This post covers a very simple program for creating an Office Open XML word-processing document. The...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/27/2006
Creating Open XML Documents
The packaging API in the .NET 3.0 framework (formerly known as WinFX) provides low-level support for...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/26/2006
Sharepoint's Support for Blogs, Wikis and RSS
A new Channel 9 video today covers Sharepoint's support for blogs, wikis, and RSS. Sharepoint PMs...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/26/2006
Office Programmability Tips
Here's a nice summary of the benefits of developing Office add-ins with the new VSTO AddinLoader....
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/22/2006
The Low-down Hoe-down on LEAGIS
In state government, like any other field, there are technology leaders and technology losers. The...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/21/2006
Code Snippets for Open XML Development
The Open XML code snippets are out! These are a well-organized set of snippets that do the basic...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/17/2006
Adding Custom XML Parts from the Word Object Model
There are several different ways to insert a custom XML part in an Office Open XML documents: you...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/16/2006
Dual-boot Vista/XP
Last night I took a flying leap into the world of Vista. I've meant to install it for a while, but...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/15/2006
Developer Tools for Office 2007 Beta 2
If you're looking to get started on developing software with Beta 2 of the 2007 Microsoft Office...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/14/2006
Dan Bricklin Interviews Alan Yates
Speaking of FUD (below), it's refreshing when you hear two class acts calmly discussing the state of...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/13/2006
Living In The Past
There have been some strange FUD-based arguments put forth around file formats lately. You'd think...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/13/2006
Office Business Applications
Office Business Applications, or OBAs, are a new breed of business solutions built on the 2007...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/12/2006
WinFX becomes .NET 3.0
To clarify Microsoft's development-tools strategy and make it easier for developers to understand...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/09/2006
Open XML at TechEd and Codeplex
If you're going to be at TechEd in Boston next week, be sure to check out Brian Jones's presentation...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/09/2006
Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar
If you're doing complicated CSS markup, or just doing something simple like hacking up the CSS on...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/09/2006
VSTO Cypress: Full Support for Office 2007!
If you're a VSTO developer looking to get a head-start on Office 2007 development, life has been...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/08/2006
Google's Spreadsheet: Excel It Ain't
Google has decided to enter the spreadsheet business, and starting today they're taking applications...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/06/2006
BI and Data Warehousing Webcasts
Office 2007 will deliver a wide array of new BI capabilities, especially when combined with the BI...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/05/2006
BDC Metadata Generator
If you're wondering where to start in learning to create BDC( Business Data Catalog) connectors to...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/05/2006
Adbobe Picks a File-Format Fight
The last two weeks have seen a big increase in the amount of press coverage and blog discussions of...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/02/2006
Sharepoint as a Platform
There's some interesting info on Microsoft's presspass site about how various developers are...
Author: Doug Mahugh Date: 06/02/2006