‘Video HowTo samples’ category archive
Video: Create an Office shared add-in – connecting business logic to Office events
Ty Anderson | January 26th, 2012
On Tuesday we published Part 3 of the end-to-end demo. Today, we have Part 4. In reality parts 3 and 4 can be taken together but we thought it's better to break them up a bit and provide a bit of a break. But we have momentum now so let's keep this train a-moving because Part 5 is almost ready for its debut as well.... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: Create an Office shared add-in – interacting with Office object models & events
Ty Anderson | January 24th, 2012
I admit some time has passed since we produced parts 1 and part 2 of our end-to-end demo. I'll take the blame for it. It's okay. But I want you to know the remaining parts have been sitting in my Outlook Tasks folder… staring at me… taunting me.
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Video: Extending Office 365 with SharePoint applications
Ty Anderson | January 5th, 2012
We write a lot about the solutions you can develop with Office and SharePoint using code. We do this honestly because we are, in our heart of hearts, developers. We write code, we read about code, we create tools that help you write code, etc... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: Exchange Online Extensibility
Ty Anderson | December 21st, 2011
Office 365 includes SharePoint Online, Office Professional Plus, and Lync Online. Oh… and… it also comes with Exchange Online. Now, as an Office developer, I tend to overlook Exchange due to my love affair with building apps that target the Office client apps and SharePoint... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: Ribbon Designer for SharePoint and Office 365, end-to-end demo
Ty Anderson | December 19th, 2011
This is a demo that shows how to use the Ribbon Designer to create your first custom SharePoint ribbon. This is an end-to-end demo… which means it doesn't stop until the solution is deployed and working in SharePoint. This video is just under 20 minutes and is a great way to spend the 2nd-half your lunch break... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: Ribbon Designer for SharePoint and Office 365
Ty Anderson | December 15th, 2011
One of the key goals here at Add-in Express is to build tools that simplify the task of developing Office solutions. Traditionally, the target has been the Office desktop applications. But with the new Ribbon Designer for SharePoint and Office 365, we now make life easier when you want to create a custom SharePoint ribbon in your SharePoint projects... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: Office 365 customization and setup
Ty Anderson | November 23rd, 2011
If you have been watching our Office 365 video series then you have a high-level understanding of what Office 365 is and what you can do with it as a developer. If you are looking to start building solutions with Office 365, then this video is for you.
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Video: What is Office 365 from a developer’s perspective?
Ty Anderson | November 22nd, 2011
Office 365 is Microsoft's cloud offering for productivity and collaboration software. It has versions suitable for all organizations and businesses… large, medium, and small. But what does the Office 365 technology stack offer the developer? Isn't it just the usual "information worker" aspects of Office 2010, SharePoint 2010, Exchange 2010 and a few others (i.e. Lync 2010) or is there more to it?... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: What is Office 365?
Ty Anderson | November 11th, 2011
Office 365 is here and businesses (I mean the people that run them) are starting to ask: What is it? How does it work? Should we adopt it? Etc. This video is the first in a new series that will cover these questions and other Office 365 topics... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: Implementing a custom UI for Office add-ins with ClickOnce
Ty Anderson | September 22nd, 2011
Sometimes I get on a roll. Currently that roll is "customizing deployment packages". Yesterday, I subjected you to a video that shows you how to customize a ClickTwice deployment to include a EULA (among other things). Today, I have some ClickOnce goodness for you... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: Customizing a ClickTwice deployment package of your Office add-in
Ty Anderson | September 21st, 2011
When you build an Office add-in, your users' first impression will be based on the installation experience. I know…it isn't fair…but it's true. This fact means they will judge your app before they have encountered it. So you need to provide a quality installation experience
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Video: Owner Draw with Advanced Explorer Bars
Ty Anderson | September 20th, 2011
When building Internet Extensions with Add-in Express for IE and .NET, one of the more popular user interface elements is the Bar. The bar extends IE's UI and provides a solid, non-intrusive, location for forms and other elements the user can access while working with Internet Explorer in their typical manner... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: Create an advanced Outlook region and interact with Outlook object model
Ty Anderson | September 9th, 2011
A few weeks ago I did a short video to introduce our new product known as Add-in Express Regions for Microsoft Outlook and VSTO (you can watch it here: Introducing Add-in Express Regions for Outlook and VSTO). I thought it time to take things up a notch and provide a solid sample that implements an [...]... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: Building an Excel RTD server
Ty Anderson | September 8th, 2011
Using Add-in Express you have the tools you need to rapidly start building a Real-Time Data (RTD) Server for Excel. This video shows you to use ADX to build a simple RTD... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: Developing an Excel Automation Add-in
Ty Anderson | August 31st, 2011
As a follow up to the Creating managed Excel UDFs video, here is a video that explains how to build UDFs using Excel Automation add-ins. In addition to a solid demo, this video explains the differences between an UDF built with an Automation Addin and one built as an XLL... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: How to create Advanced IE bars
Ty Anderson | August 26th, 2011
When we released Add-in Express for Internet Explorer and .NET, one of the first things I wanted to do was build some extensions that included custom IE bars. I quickly learned that what I wanted to use was not IE Bars but Add-in Express Advanced IE Bars... Read the rest of this entry →
