Visual Studio Tools for Office 2007

Outlook 405 Introduction to the Outlook Object Model 419 Conclusion 422 Chapter 10: Working with Outlook Events 425 Events in the Outlook Object Model 425 Application-Level Events 427 Outlook Item Events 448 Other Events 470 Conclusion 473 Chapter 11: Working with Outlook Objects 475 Working with the Application Object 475 Working with the Explorers and Inspectors Collections 486 Working with the Explorer Object 488 Working with the Inspector Object 501 Working with the NameSpace Object 506 Working with the Folder Object 519 Working with the Items Collection 534 Properties and Methods Common to Outlook Items 548 Conclusion 569 Part III: Office Programming in VSTO 571 Chapter 12: The VSTO Programming Model 573 The VSTO Programming Model for Documents 573 VSTO Extensions to Word and Excel Document Objects 576 Dynamic Controls in the Document 584 Advanced Topic: Class Hookup and Cookies 591 Advanced Topic: Inspecting the Generated Code 594 VSTO Extensions to the Word and Excel Object Models 599 The VSTO Programming Model for Add-Ins 619 Using VSTO Document Features in Application-Level Add-Ins 621 Advanced Topic: Creating Worksheets Dynamically 624 Conclusion 625 Chapter 13: Using Windows Forms and WPF in VSTO 627 Introduction 627 Adding Windows Forms Controls to Your Document 634 Writing Code Behind a Control 641 The Windows Forms Control Hosting Architecture 643 Properties Merged from OLEObject or OLEControl 654 Adding Controls at Runtime 658 Using WPF Controls in the Document 669 Conclusion 671 Chapter 14: Working with Document-Level Actions Panes 673 Introduction to the Document Actions Task Pane 673 Working with the ActionsPane Control 680 Using WPF Controls in an Actions Pane 697 Conclusion 699 Chapter 15: Working with Application-Level Custom Task Panes 701 Introduction to the Application-Level Custom Task Panes 701 Working with Custom Task Panes 704 Custom Task Panes and Application Windows 710 Using WPF Controls in a Custom Task Pane 719 Conclusion 722 Chapter 16: Working with Outlook Form Regions 723 Introduction to Form Regions 723 Form Region Types and Custom Message Classes 743 Creating an Outlook Forms-Based Form Region 749 Outlook Form Region Programmability 765 Conclusion 774 Chapter 17: Working with the Ribbon in VSTO 777 Introduction to the Office Ribbon 777 Working with the Ribbon in the Ribbon Designer 800 Creating a Ribbon in an Excel Workbook Project 812 Creating a Ribbon in an Outlook Add-In Project 825 Advanced Ribbon Topics 836 Conclusion 850 Chapter 18: Working with Smart Tags in VSTO 851 Introduction to Smart Tags 851 Creating Document-Level Smart Tags with VSTO 855 Creating Application-Level Smart Tags 874 Conclusion 880 Chapter 19: VSTO Data Programming 881 Creating a Data-Bound Customized Spreadsheet with VSTO 882 Creating a Data-Bound Customized Word Document with VSTO 889 Datasets, Adapters, and Sources 891 Another Technique for Creating Data-Bound Documents 901 Caching Data in the Data Island 908 Advanced Topic: Using ICachedType 911 Advanced ADO.NET Data Binding: Looking Behind the Scenes 913 Binding-Related Extensions to Host Items and Host Controls 914 Using Data Binding and Dynamic Controls from an Application-Level Add-In 921 Conclusion 928 Chapter 20: Server Data Scenarios 929 Populating a Document with Data on the Server 929 Using ServerDocument and ASP.NET 931 A Handy Client-Side ServerDocument Utility 939 The ServerDocument Object Model 941 Conclusion 952 Chapter 21: ClickOnce Deployment 955 Introduction 955 Prerequisites 956 Deploying Add-Ins 958 Deploying Document Solutions 982 ClickOnce Security 995 Other Deployment Scenarios 1009 Advanced Topic: Editing Manifests Using Mage 1010 Conclusion 1015 Bibliography 1017 Index 1019

The overview of other technologies available for interacting with Office assist in analyzing how to best approach any Office project. In addition, the authors' insights into the design of this RAD tool make it possible to get the most out of VSTO applications." -Cindy Meister, Microsoft MVP for VSTO, author of Word Programmierung, Das Handbuch "This book is an in-depth, expert, and definitive guide to programming using Visual Studio Tools for Office 2007. It is a must-have book for anyone doing Office development." -Siew Moi Khor, programmer/writer, Microsoft Corporation "We don't buy technical books for light reading, we buy them as a resource for developing a solution. This book is an excellent resource for someone getting started with Smart Client development. For example, it is common to hear a comment along the lines of, 'It is easy to manipulate the Task Pane in Office 2007 using VSTO 2008,' but until you see something like the example at the start of Chapter 14, it is hard to put 'easy' into perspective. "This is a thorough book that covers everything from calling Office applications from your application, to building applications that are Smart Documents. It allows the traditional Windows developer to really leverage the power of Office 2007." -Bill Sheldon, principal engineer, InterKnowlogy; MVP "Eric Carter and Eric Lippert have been the driving force behind Office development and Visual Studio Tools for Office. The depth of their knowledge and understanding of VSTO and Office is evident in this book. Professional developers architecting enterprise solutions using VSTO 2008 and Office system 2007 now have a new weapon in their technical arsenal." -Paul Stubbs, program manager, Microsoft Corporation "This book, also known as 'The Bible of VSTO,' has been rewritten for Office 2007 and I was delighted to read the sections on new VSTO features that were added in Visual Studio 2008. It explains how the VSTO team hid the plumbing and cumbersome coding tasks to allow you to be more productive and to just create excellent business applications. New or experienced in Office development, you will want to add this book to your library!" -Maarten van Stam, Microsoft MVP, Visual Developer, VSTO, http://blogs.officezealot.com/maarten "This book covers all of the ins and outs of programming with Visual Studio Tools for Office in a clear and concise way. Given the authors' exhaustive experiences with this subject, you can't get a more authoritative description of VSTO than this book!" -Paul Vick, principal architect, Microsoft Corporation