Visual Studio Tools for Office, Version 2005 Beta 1 Sample: Estimate Solution

The Estimate solution illustrates a basic order entry system that uses Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System, Version 2005 Beta 1. This sample solution uses Microsoft Office Excel 2003 for data entry, calculation and charting capabilities. Microsoft Office Word 2003 is used for report generation. This sample will aid in your understanding of the key functionality and new features provided by Visual Studio Tools for Office, Version 2005 Beta 1. The sample code covers the following topics:

  • New Visual Studio Tools for Office design time experience
  • Creating Excel and Word template projects
  • Working with Excel controls
  • Adding and interacting with custom controls on the Document Actions task pane (actions pane)
  • Working with Excel controls
  • Modifying Excel command bars and menus
  • Creating Word reports from data entered into Excel and saved to a common database
  • Using Visual Studio Tools for Office view controls and the data cache/data binding
  • Using an XSD to map schema elements to an Excel worksheet
  • Deploying a secure Microsoft Office Professional 2003 (Office 2003) solution

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