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Exposing add-in errors in VSTO for Word 2007
One of the most annoying things about writing add-ins for Office is that it tends to swallow any and all errors that occur. All exceptions are silently thrown into the trash heap without even a … more
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Zune Desktop Theme - A Warning
A few days ago, Microsoft released a new Desktop Theme for Windows XP named the "Zune Desktop Theme" – even though it looks a lot like Vista, all in black and orange. It fits in with Office 200 … more
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VSTO for Outlook 2007 - Building the Add-in (part 2)
Writing the Outlook add-in described in my previous post was composed of the following steps:1) Creating the projectAh, the wonders of VSTO. Saving us all the unnecessary hassle of adding COM … more
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VSTO for Outlook 2007 - New Features, More Fun (part 1)
IntroductionOutlook has always been a bit of a latecomer to the VSTO game, being a step behind and a version later than Word and Excel. I'm glad to see that with Outlook 2007 and VSTO 2005SE … more