Learn how to enforce business rules in Outlook 2010 by using an add-in created with Microsoft Office development tools in Visual Studio 2010. Author: Helmut Obertanner and Angela Chu-Hatoun (MVP)
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Enforcing Business Rules in Outlook 2010
Enforcing Business Rules in Outlook 2010
Integrate Outlook Appointments with SharePoint 2010 Calendar Lists using Data Services
The other day a good friend of mine asked me if it was possible to send appointments created in Outlook into a SharePoint calendar list. It’s easy enough to grab this data from Outlook by building an add-in with Visual Studio, but what also turned out to be really easy was sending this information to SharePoint using its built-in WCF data services, also known as OData.
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Integrate Outlook Appointments with SharePoint 2010 Calendar Lists using Data Services
Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office 2010
In this interview, Reza Chitsaz, Senior Program Manager for Microsoft Visual Studio Business Applications, discusses his team’s efforts to bring professional .NET developers the ability to write managed code on the Office platform. Learn about innovative customization scenarios in Outlook, as well as the huge leap forward in the developer experience building solutions on top of SharePoint
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Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office 2010
Announcing the PST File Format SDK
I am pleased to announce the availability of the PST File Format SDK . The PST File Format SDK provides a cross-platform C++ library for reading files using the Outlook Personal Folders File Format (.pst) Structure Specification .
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VBA, Programmability, and Open File Format for Office 2010 with Brian Jones
Learn about the programmability enhancements in Microsoft Office 2010 from one of its creators. In this interview, Brian Jones, Group Program Manager for the Microsoft Office Solutions Framework Team, dives deep into the details
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VBA, Programmability, and Open File Format for Office 2010 with Brian Jones
Creating an Add-in for Office 2007 and Office 2010 that “Lights Up” on Office 2010 (McLean Schofield)
Managed Office add-ins traditionally have been able to run in the targeted application (the version of the application whose PIAs the add-in references) and in later versions of the application. Therefore, if you need to create a single VSTO add-in that can be run in multiple versions of an application, the typical guidance is to develop the add-in by using a project template for the oldest version of Office that you want to support. For example, if your add-in needs to work with Office 2003 and Office 2007, you should create an Excel 2003 add-in (by using VSTO 2005 SE with Visual Studio 2005, or by using Visual Studio 2008). However, this strategy has several inconveniences: If you want to test/debug/run the add-in on your development computer, you must have the earliest version of Office you are targeting installed
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Creating an Add-in for Office 2007 and Office 2010 that “Lights Up” on Office 2010 (McLean Schofield)
BCS Solutions in Outlook
If you’ve read Brad Stevenson’s post Types of Solutions then you’re already familiar with the three types of BCS solutions: Simple Out-Of-Box Solutions Intermediate Declarative Solutions Advanced Code-Based Solutions This post will discuss the different types of BCS solutions possible in Outlook 2010. Simple solutions can be created using out-of-box capabilities, by simply clicking the “Connect to Outlook” button in the ribbon of a SharePoint External List
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BCS Solutions in Outlook
Using the contact card to learn who someone is
Have you ever received an email message from someone that you don’t know and struggled desperately to figure out who they are? Luckily, when your organization upgrades to Microsoft Outlook 2010 you’ll have quicker access to information about your co-workers without leaving your Inbox
VSTO Performance: Ribbon Reflection (Stephen Peters)
It is very easy to customize the Ribbon in your VSTO extension. All you need to do is to add a Ribbon (Visual Designer) to your solution, and it will appear when your solution is run without needing to do any more work. Behind the scenes, the VSTO runtime reflects through your entire addin assembly looking for Ribbon extensions to instantiate. This reflection can cause a significant performance hit, especially on larger solutions.
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VSTO Performance: Ribbon Reflection (Stephen Peters)