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Xobni Sets Its Sights on the Enterprise
I’ve been waiting for this one for awhile. I’m a fan of Xobni and have found it to be a useful addition to my Outlook inbox. I have enjoyed Xobni’s integration with Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. I find it interesting, if not useful, to quickly see what the person who sent me an email has had to say in the social realm. It helps me understood who they are, etc. Despite Xobni integration with... [Read more]
OfficeDeveloper Now on Twitter
I’m thinking this Twitter thing just might catch on with people… I now have a Twitter account that goes with this blog. http://twitter.com/OfficeDeveloper Share and Enjoy: Read More →
Build a Collapsible Task Pane in Outlook – Part 2
This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Build a Collapsible Task Pane in OutlookIn part 1 of this series I gave a (brief) overview of the Outlook Task Pane and provided a couple of links to articles on MSDN that explain how to build one. Recap – 2 Problems with Task Panes within Outlook Building a task pane and displaying it within Outlook is easy but as I mentioned in Part 1, there are a couple... [Read more]
Build a Collapsible Task Pane in Outlook – Part 1
This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Build a Collapsible Task Pane in OutlookI believe Outlook is the informational portal to business users everywhere. As the desktop interface to Microsoft Exchange, Outlook effectively serves as the short-term and long-term memory of the individual user…the brain if you will. I feel comfortable calling Outlook my brain as I have only a limited short-term memory... [Read more]
It’s About Time! Outlook 2010 Will Support Multiple Exchange Accounts
I have always wanted to use multiple Exchange accounts within Outlook without setting up multiple profiles. It looks like Microsoft is set to make life a bit easier for me and 1000s of others. Check out the news from the Outlook team’s blog. One caveat is that Outlook 2010 will only support 3 Exchange accounts. Still, 3 is better than one…for lots of things…like say, chocolate chip cookies. Share... [Read more]
Speaking at Dallas SharePoint Developer Group
I will be taking my international road show just down the street to speak at this month’s Dallas SharePoint Developer Group meeting. I’ll be covering How To Integrate Sharepoint With Office And Line-Of-Business Applications. What I plan to do is show-off how to use Office as the front-end to solutions that work with SharePoint. For fun, I’ll show how to integrate data from a sales... [Read more]
Learn How to Customize Outlook’s User Interface (attend my session at Tech-Ed)
Next week I am presenting a session at Tech-Ed that shows off a few cool techniques for customizing Outlook. I’ll presenting with one a fellow Cogent Company cohort, Damon Armstrong. If you are interested in customizing Outlook and want to learn how to customize its UI then you don’t want to miss this session. We’ll cover the basics while implementing a business process that allows us... [Read more]
The Office 2019 Video is Irrelevant
I have tried to ignore all the hubbub regarding this silly video about what Microsoft Office could be like in 2019. I finally watched the video and thought if all the concepts displayed become a reality that would be just spiffy. But to be perfectly honest, I find the video to be an exercise of mental masturbation. Sure it stimulates the mind, but what good does it really do you? Some... [Read more]
Invest 5 Minutes and Learn about VSTO Frequently Asked Questions
The Ins-and-Outs of VSTO Can Be Confusing Developing solutions with Microsoft Office using VSTO can be difficult as it isn’t as straight-forward as targeting a version of the .NET Framework to support and then proceeding with all the activities involved with developing a custom solution. Nope. If you are targeting Office, you are potentially dealing with several versions of Office. If so,... [Read more]
Use VBA To Reset Task Due Dates in Outlook
There was an earlier version of this post. It had more words and as it went on and on about how I track damn near everything in Outlook. It’s true. Everything. If I don’t track something I want to do or have to do as an Outlook task, it won’t get done. I deleted that post by accident as I thought I was deleting something else. As it turns out, the wrong Window had the focus when I hit the Delete... [Read more]
