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Office tip: Word Format Painter gets sticky
The Format Painter feature in Office is one on my favorite features. If you are not familiar with...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 08/01/2007
Breath easy with OBAs
There is still time for your company to enter the O2 OBA Challenge contest. Build an Office Business...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 07/30/2007
VSTO 2005 SE update adds support for Office 2003 on Vista
The VSTO team has released an update for VSTO 2005 SE to officially support running and debugging...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 07/22/2007
VSTO Beta Hands-on Labs are Live on MSDN
If you are new to VSTO the hands-on labs (HOL) are a great way to kick the tires and try out the new...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 07/18/2007
Access 2007 Developer Extensions are now available (and free)
Yeah!! So I have been asked about this dozens of times over the last year. "Where are the developer...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 07/18/2007
OBA Central brings it all together
OBA Central is a OBA community site that brings together partner information around Office Business...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 07/17/2007
Extending VBA with VSTO 3.0
Although VBA has been very successful as a customization tool for Office, there are new tools such...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 06/02/2007
Sync Outlook Appointments with Groove using VSTO
Both Outlook and Groove contain calendars so which one do you use? Each one has its own strengths...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 05/28/2007
Windows Home Server is Toast
I have been using the Windows Home Server at home for a few months now and I love it. The reason I...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 05/21/2007
Groove'n with VSTO
Groove is an excellent Office application for team collaboration. You can also take advantage of the...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 05/21/2007
VSTO: My Favorite Feature - ClickOnce Deployment
One of my favorite features in the latest version of VSTO is ClickOnce Deployment. ClickOnce...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 05/17/2007
Simple VBA Interop using VB and VSTO
VSTO provides a simple way for you to call your managed code using VSTO. In this Channel 9...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 05/11/2007
Office UI: New VSTO Features Help You Customize Word and Outlook
Read how new features in VSTO help you easily program the Office Fluent UI like Ribbon and Outlook...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 05/09/2007
Designer generated RibbonX xml
Kathleen has posted about the new VSTO Ribbon designer being one of her favorite features. The...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 05/09/2007
Mix07: DEV17 - Front-Ending the Web with Microsoft Office
Watch Rob Barker from the OBA team talk about how Microsoft Office and VSTO can bring together the...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 05/03/2007
Vista Tips: Copy as Path
As a developer one of the features that I used daily was to drag files from Windows Explorer onto a...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 05/01/2007
OBA Podcast: What is an OBA
Steve Fox and I recorded a Podcast yesterday talking about Office Business Applications...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 04/27/2007
VSTA Video: VSTA at a glance
Harry Miller who is a documentation writer on the VSTO and VSTA team has created a short video that...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 04/27/2007
Find VSTO Help from the Experts
I have created a new search site devoted to finding VSTO answers from VSTO...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 04/25/2007
XNA Refresh Released Today
An updated version of the XNA Game Studio Express was released today. this version adds support for...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 04/24/2007
VSTA powers Solgenia customizations
Solgenia is one the of first ISV customers to integrate Visual Studio Tools for Applications (VSTA)...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 04/19/2007
VSTO General Manager speaks out
KD Hallman the VSTO GM discusses the history of VSTO and VSTA and where the Office development...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 04/10/2007
New VSTO Webcast series: Straight from the Experts
The VSTO team is launching a new series of Webcasts called 'Straight from the Experts.' These...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 04/09/2007
VSTA Video: VSTA Overview
By now you have seen Visual Studio Tools for Applications in Office InfoPath 2007 and have been...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 03/28/2007
VSTA 2005 SDK Launch Announcement
I am pleased to announce the release of the Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Applications Software...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 03/27/2007
VSTO for Mere Mortals Video: Create a Ribbon using VSTO SE
With the release of VSTO SE you can now create add-ins for Office 2007. These add-ins can now take...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 03/20/2007
VSTO for Mere Mortals - Just the Code
Many of our readers have asked for a download of the code examples in our book. You can now save...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 03/16/2007
VSTO for Mere Mortals Video: Convert ActionPane to CustomTaskPane
Using VSTO 2005 and Office 2003 you can create an Action Pane (see video). This is a document level...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 02/25/2007
VSTO for Mere Mortals Video: VSTO 2005 vs VSTO 2005 SE
One of the most common questions I get is what are the differences between VSTO 2005 and VSTO 2005...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 02/11/2007
Cover your Office document with Windows Forms
How can you hide your Office document behind a Windows Form? This is a question that has come up on...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 01/17/2007
VSTO for Mere Mortals Video: Action Pane
Watch the first video training from our book - VSTO for Mere Mortals. You can watch the video on...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 01/03/2007
The Game of Life, an XNA simulation
The Game of Life is a cellular automation simulation written in XNA. This is a zero player game in...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 01/02/2007
Build a setup project for your XNA game
Now you have created your XNA game but how do you package it so the world can download and install...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 12/29/2006
How to Run Your Code on the XBOX 360
Today the final version of the XNA Game Studio Express was released. This final version allows you...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 12/11/2006
Top 20 cool new features of VSTA
Now that VSTA has RTM’d (See KD Hallman’s announcement at https://blogs.msdn.com/vsta ) I...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 11/10/2006
5 Reasons to Love VSTO 2005 Second Edition
There are many things to like about VSTO 2005 Second Edition. But there are 5 things to love about...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 10/04/2006
Create Document Level VSTO Apps for Office 2007
Everyone can now download the September CTP of Visual Studio Orcas for the first time.Download...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 09/28/2006
Building VSTO Applications Down Under
The popularity of VSTO is spreading around the globe. I recently participated in an AudioCast...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 09/26/2006
Video Demo: Using VSTA
I have posted to SoapBox a short 10 minute video that demonstrates some of the features of Visual...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 09/25/2006
Unit Testing for VSTO (part 2 Automated Tests)
In my last post, Unit Testing for VSTO (Part 1 Manual Tests), I showed you how to use VSTS to create...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 09/15/2006
Unit Testing for VSTO (part 1 Manual Tests)
Introduction One question that I hear from developers creating advanced VSTO solution is how to...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 09/15/2006
Free version of VSTO for Office 2007 released today
Today we announced the Beta release of Visual Studio Tools for Office 2005 Second Edition (VSTO SE)....
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 09/14/2006
First XNA Application - 360 Controller Test
I finished my first XNA application tonight at 1 minute before midnight on the launch day. This is...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 08/31/2006
XNA Express Beta is now available!
Here is the moment we have all been waiting for (at least I have been waiting for). The first Beta...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 08/30/2006
TechEd 2006 South East Asia
I will be traveling to Malaysia to speak at TechEd 2006 SEA. I will be delivering a talk about VSTO...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 08/14/2006
VSTA Overview Web Seminar
Microsoft's Partner Program has put together an excellent video web seminar. ISV Touchdown Web...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 08/01/2006
VSTA and VBA side by side walkthrough
When we developed VSTA, one of the key scenarios for us was that VSTA should work side by side with...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 08/01/2006
DEV303- Security and Deployment Links
WhitepapersDeploying Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Solutions Using Windows Installer (Part 1...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 06/12/2006
2 Days to TechEd 2006
OK so I am packed and ready to fly out of Seattle tonight on the redeye to Boston. I can honestly...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 06/09/2006
New VSTO team member blog
After all of this time Kathleen McGrath who is member of the VSTO team and has been responsible for...
Author: Paul Stubbs [MSFT] Date: 06/09/2006