Recent update: 2008-3-21
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
<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?
<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
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 , ...
<font face="Times New Roman" size=2>How to format the Excel cell type into percentage type or custom type through .net?</font>
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, ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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.
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 ...
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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 ...
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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 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?
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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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
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?
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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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> ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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?
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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 ...
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 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?
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>
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 ...