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CLR Profiler for Visual Studio 2008

566 byte By stone_man at 2008-3-7
Is there a version of the CLR Profiler that works with the Visual Studio 2008 Standard Edition beta?According to at least 1 web page the CLR Profiler is included with Visual Studio 2008. ...

outlook Store Synchronization (with custom fields) vs winform addin with "Synchronization S

906 byte By hellomydisplaynamegoeshere at 2008-3-6
I am looking to build an orcas vsto outlook addin for an OBA app where I am going to use winform controls to make the addins. Many of the fields are not going to be intrinsic to the outlook store namespace (e.g. contact names etc) although many of the screens will be based on them.The users are ...

orcas vsto -outlook addins uninstalling

908 byte By hellomydisplaynamegoeshere at 2008-3-5
When I'm creating Outlook Addins in Orcas VSTO I would like to know what is the easiest way to 'uninstall' the add-in when I'm done using it. My outlook toolbar is getting too cluttered with all the examples. I know how to edit the registry to clean it all up but I was hoping for some ...

Word Controls in VS Toolbox

224 byte By JohanNordberg at 2008-3-3
<font face=Arial size=2></font> I'm using beta 2 of VS.NET 2008 and trying to create a Word 2007 Template. However, the Word Controls does not exist in the VS Toolbox as shown in some blog posts. Any ideas?

How to dynamically insert text into a word document.

265 byte By mathmax at 2008-3-1
<font face=Arial size=2>Hello,</font> I have a button in a word document. If I click on the button, I would like to add a carriage return after it and then write some text. How to do that ? Thank you in advance for your help, mathmax

handle the onchange event of inbuilt tabs of office2007

679 byte By PallaviK at 2008-2-28
Hi I hv added an addin in Office application (word , excel , powerpoint , outlook) e.g open the MS office 2007 word application there are tabs like HOme , Insert ,Pagelayout views etc when we select the Home tab then the groups of related to that home tab displays like clipboard , font , ...

format cell thru .net

134 byte By Mahendiran at 2008-2-27
<font face="Times New Roman" size=2>How to format the Excel cell type into percentage type or custom type through .net?</font>

How can I add a usercontrol to a word document?

2186 byte By RomanBenko at 2008-2-26
HiI am working with a Word Document project using VS2008 Beta 2 and VSTO. All of the documents I am working with are based on a template I created and have a custom ribbon. I can add a usercontrol to a document using the syntax: Globals.ThisDocument.Controls.AddControl(control, range, width, ...

Removing Customizations from a .XLSX file

3160 byte By SiH at 2008-2-25
In VSTO2005 if you wish to remove the customization from your .xls file, you can simply do the following if (File.Exists(documentPath) && ServerDocument.IsCustomized(documentPath)) ServerDocument.RemoveCustomization(documentPath); This does not work for a .xlsx file. I have been told ...

VSTO with VS 2008 Beta 2 Error

928 byte By AndrewJones123543 at 2008-2-24
I'm using the VPC image of VS 2008 Beta 2 and attempting to open a Excel 2003 project I created with Beta 1. I have installed Office Pro 2003 and added SP2 to the VPC machine. If I attempt to install the VSTO SE runtime the installer crashes. When I attempt to create an Excel 2003 ...

Excel Table

218 byte By De@th at 2008-2-23
Hi, this might be a really stupid question, but I need to retrieve data from all Tables (Insert->Table) within active worksheet. I have no Idea how to do it. Would someone be so kind and help me? Thanks.

Cannot create a Word document project

366 byte By mathmax at 2008-2-22
Hello, I always get an error "cannot create the project") when trying to create a Word 2007 document project. I use VS 2008 beta 2 and have Word 2007 installed on my computer. I choose the option "create a new document". Do you know what is the problem ? Thank you in ...

When not to use VSTO for your future application?

2367 byte By G.T. at 2008-2-22
I wanted to share some of my VSTO experience with you after spending an entire year in a team who is developing an application using VSTO. Do use VSTO, and VSTO SE only if. 1- Your application performance does not matter at all, and you are totally happy if you’re Microsoft Word or Excel VSTO ...

VSTO SE on Visual Studio 2005 Team Suite

247 byte By Monico at 2008-2-21
Hy, I see on microsoft.com that VSTO SE could be install on Visual Studio Team Suite but when I try to install, I have an error who say me that my version don't support VSTO SE. How can I do to install vsto se ? Thank you for your help

How reliable

264 byte By MichaelRuminer at 2008-2-20
How reliable have people found it to be in creating custom Word 2007 documents in VSTO for Orcas? I created such in the Betas under Whidby but then when it came out it was gone and only add-ins for 2007 existed. Is the Orcas Word 2007 custom docs pretty reliable?

Why opening a WPF form from VSTO SE is extremely slow?

1274 byte By G.T. at 2008-2-19
I know this is the Orcas form, and maybe you have the answer since the new VSTO is a bit improved from the last one. So, here is the problem: If I create a WPF project (EXE) with one form using VS.NET 2005, compile it, and run it with or without VS.NET, the form opens instantly. If I create a ...

Form Regions in VSTO Orcas, binding to Outlook data fields

1140 byte By FredHommel at 2008-2-18
Hi all, In the VSTO SE scheme, when I design a form region in Outlook 2007 I can bind the controls to the underlying data that the inspector is showing, be they Outlook "built-ins" or custom fields I've added to the item and /or folder. I'm wondering how I do the same with the ...

Can a user move a usercontrol?

155 byte By RomanBenko at 2008-2-17
If I add a usercontrol to a word document, is there a way that the user can move the control by dragging and dropping to the desired new location? Thanks.

How to recover information of the user according to his click ?

488 byte By Npi at 2008-2-16
Hello,I have any questions about VSTO for Outlook 2007. I success to create a button in my CommandBar (Standard) but if I want this button in my Appointment for my Calendar, it doesn't exist. So my question is : is it possible to have my button when I create an appointment ?And my second ...

MSVS 2008 (Orcas''s Beta 1) can''t deploy Excel 2007 add in

1274 byte By Whyme? at 2008-2-15
I've been hunting for 2 days trying to get an answer. Can someone please explain to me in english what is needed to get an excel 2007 plugin to work on a non development machine? They never load, they just say "Error loading plugin during startup" I've tried bootstrappers (they ...

Inserting images into Excel/Word from resource

218 byte By JanKu?era at 2008-2-15
Hello, how could I insert image into 2007 sheet (or document) from the add-in? I'd like to keep this image as an assembly resource in the best case, otherwise suggest alternatives. Thanks, Jan

content control flickers

247 byte By JJiimmbboo at 2008-2-15
Using Word 2007 and Orcas, I set up a rich text content control. On enter of the content control I start a timer that ticks every .5 seconds... each time the timer ticks the content control flickers... is there any way to prevent this flickering?

Why opening a WPF form from VSTO SE is extremely slow?

1274 byte By G.T. at 2008-2-15
I know this is the Orcas form, and maybe you have the answer since the new VSTO is a bit improved from the last one. So, here is the problem: If I create a WPF project (EXE) with one form using VS.NET 2005, compile it, and run it with or without VS.NET, the form opens instantly. If I create a ...

application manifest corrupted / add-in load in debug only

4367 byte By sushilbajracharya at 2008-2-15
I am trying to install a Outlook 2007 add-in built with Orcas and the add-in fails to load with the following exception and error message: This addin works fine when I run it in the Debug mode in Orcas. I would appreciate any help on fixing this problem. I have built the add-in with both ...

Outlook DocumentItem C#

181 byte By Anonymous111111111232 at 2008-2-14
can anybody knows how can i create a DocumentItem in Outlook 2007 VSTO in C# ? ( cause in VB i saw how can i do it but it does work like this in C#) thanks.

All Form Regions get initialized on startup. Is it possible to delay initialization?

1045 byte By dkhodak at 2008-2-14
VSTO v3 initializes all form regions (classes derived fromOutlookTools.FormRegionControl) and region controls on startup. Is it possible to delay region initialization until it is required? Two main reasons we want this: Reduce Outlook startup time and minimize resource usage Eliminate need ...

Smart Tag Orca's Environment

3540 byte By EagleWizard at 2008-2-13
It's been for weeks that I'm trying to add a Smart Tag with VSTO 2005SE and Word 2007, but I haven't succeeded yet. Now I have downloaded the new Visual Studio Orca's program environment that would support Smart Tags in Word. I tried to add them, but their is nothing happening. Code ...

Form Regions in VSTO Orcas, binding to Outlook data fields

1140 byte By FredHommel at 2008-2-13
Hi all, In the VSTO SE scheme, when I design a form region in Outlook 2007 I can bind the controls to the underlying data that the inspector is showing, be they Outlook "built-ins" or custom fields I've added to the item and /or folder. I'm wondering how I do the same with the ...

Next version of VSTO?

369 byte By ThirtySixSoftware at 2008-2-12
Does anyone have any information or links regarding the next version of VSTO? For example: * When will it be released? * What additional features will it have? * Will those features support Office 2003 and 2007? * What about backwards compatibility with VSTO 2005 SE solutions? Any info would ...

Checkbox in Ribbon automatically uncheck when custom task pane closed

2187 byte By NguyenMinhDung at 2008-2-11
Hi all,I've just created a add-in in which a ribbon that has a checkbox.. When checkbox is checked, a custom taskpane displays and vice versaThis is ribbon.xml<customUI xmlns=" http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/01/customui" onLoad="OnLoad"> <ribbon> ...

Using VSTO Orcas Ribbon Designer to customize the ribbon of a Word 2007 normal template

341 byte By DaLub at 2008-2-10
Can the VSTO Orcas Ribbon Designer be used to modify the ribbon of a Word 2007 normal.dotm template? I would like to add a new tab to the normal template which would contain buttons for launching various VBA macros. If this can be done, what are the general steps in VSTO Orcas for accomplishing ...

2007 Document Template Project - Error 1001

320 byte By SyedRaza at 2008-2-10
Hi all, Working on a Word 2007 template project. Code works fine till its deployment. While running setup, "Error 1001 could not create persistant object" comes up. Anyidea how to deal with it? On dev machine, VS 2005 and ORCAS both installed. Thanks in advance! -Syed ...

Where do I get VSTO?

294 byte By JanKu?era at 2008-2-8
Hi, I have Orcas May CTP and when I want to create a project, I see only SharePoint Sequential and State Machine Workflows. Do I have to install anything more to being able to create projects for Word and Excel? VSTO 2005 SE? Or something for Orcas? Thanks, Jan

Clickonce Deployment in Orcas

1179 byte By SwatiTrivedi at 2008-2-8
I tried to create simple Helloworld VSTO Project using Orcas. Now i want to deploy the this project using clickonce. I signed the assembly and published the project to a web location http://localhost/HelloworldSample, it created a Virtual Directory and also when i navigated to the that library ...

Looping Through Open Word Documents

375 byte By RomanBenko at 2008-2-7
I created a new Word document project called TestWord that contains a custom ribbon. If a user has multiple Word documents open at any given time, how can I loop through them and determine which ones, if any, are my custom type containing the ribbon? Thanks. ...

Addin.RequestComAddinAutomationService (sequence of events fired while loading Outlook 2007 Addi

872 byte By Sid3241 at 2008-2-7
Hi Andrew,I have a similar problem. I'm using Excel 2003 SP2 with VS Orcas Beta 1 to create an Excel Add-in in C#. (Excel 2007 is also loaded on the same computer). However in my case, when running in debug mode, ThisAddin.RequestCOMAddInAutomationService( ) does get called, and it returns a ...

Using VSTO Orcas Ribbon Designer to customize the ribbon of a Word 2007 normal template

339 byte By DaLub at 2008-2-7
Can the VSTO Orcas Ribbon Designer be used to modify the ribbon of a Word 2007 normal.dotm template? I would like to add a new tab to the normal template which would contain buttons for launching various VBA macros. If this can be done, what are the general steps in VSTO Orcas for accomplishing ...

Form Region not updating

1536 byte By JohanNordberg at 2008-2-7
Hi,I've created a simple Outlook 2007 addin with vsto orcas beta 1. The addin checks if sender of the selected MailMessage is in my Outlook contacts and then displays a forms region with some info from the contact, such as telephone numbers. The form region loads ok, it finds the correct ...

No Visio in VSTS Orcas Beta 1

450 byte By 556556 at 2008-2-6
Hi All, I've downloaded and tried the VSTS Orcas Beta 1 VPC edition. However, I don't see the VISIO for Enterprise is installed in this virtual machine image. I tired to run the setup of the DVD disc and it showed no option to install the VISIO. I would like to know if VISIO for Enterprise ...

2007 Document Template Project - Error 1001

312 byte By SyedRaza at 2008-2-6
Hi all,Working on a Word 2007 template project. Code works fine till its deployment. While running setup, "Error 1001 could not create persistant object" comes up. Anyidea how to deal with it?On dev machine, VS 2005 and ORCAS both installed.Thanks in advance!-Syed ...

Contacts do not interact with Outlook 2003 in New Installation

682 byte By WinoWally at 2008-2-5
I recently fired up a new computer, and installed Outlook 2003 on it. My old computer, also running Outlook 2003, had interactive use of my Contacts. I copied the .pst file from old to new with the following results:On the new machine, the messages and archives transferred OK, as apparently did ...

Why opening a WPF form from VSTO SE is extremely slow?

1274 byte By G.T. at 2008-2-5
I know this is the Orcas form, and maybe you have the answer since the new VSTO is a bit improved from the last one. So, here is the problem: If I create a WPF project (EXE) with one form using VS.NET 2005, compile it, and run it with or without VS.NET, the form opens instantly. If I create a ...

Writing Excel User Defined Functions in VSTO 2007

617 byte By damageboy at 2008-2-4
I apologize in advance in case I'm barking up the wrong tree...I would like to write an user defined function that can be called from an excel cell (i.e. "=foorbar(42)").I've found several rather complex guides: http://blogs.msdn.com/eric_carter/archive/2004/12/01/273127.aspxI've ...

Outlook DocumentItem C#

178 byte By Anonymous111111111232 at 2008-2-4
can anybody knows how can i create a DocumentItem in Outlook 2007 VSTO in C# ? ( cause in VB i saw how can i do it but it does work like this in C#) thanks.

Orcas VSTO deployment, How?

186 byte By AustinMyers at 2008-2-4
I've read everything I can lay hands on but I see nothing about "Click Once" to deploy commercial (retail sales) of Office 07 add-ins. What am I missing in the documentation?

Orcas Tools for Office Run Time

360 byte By Parag at 2008-2-4
HIWe are building an Excel 2007 template application using Orcas Beta1. In order to deploy this we would need to have the tools for office run time on the target machine. Does anyone have any idea on where to find this runtime?Just installing .net framework 3.5 doesnt seem to include the ...

How to add a new button to the Existing tool Bar In outlook 2007

163 byte By PrasanrthParameswaran at 2008-2-3
I need to add a new menu item in the existing commandbar progrtamatically. and i need to create an event handler for the same....any body can help me?

How reliable

264 byte By MichaelRuminer at 2008-2-3
How reliable have people found it to be in creating custom Word 2007 documents in VSTO for Orcas? I created such in the Betas under Whidby but then when it came out it was gone and only add-ins for 2007 existed. Is the Orcas Word 2007 custom docs pretty reliable?

Messages appear as text, not HTML

247 byte By WinoWally at 2008-2-2
Incoming messages on my Outlook 2003 which contain HTML items, appear only as text, and I have to select HTML to view them graphically. How can I change the default so that HTML messages open correctly? Thanks! WinoWally </span>

Contacts do not interact with Outlook 2003 in New Installation

689 byte By WinoWally at 2008-2-2
I recently fired up a new computer, and installed Outlook 2003 on it. My old computer, also running Outlook 2003, had interactive use of my Contacts. I copied the .pst file from old to new with the following results:On the new machine, the messages and archives transferred OK, as apparently did ...

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