How To: Use Outlook Find and FindNext methods to retrieve Task items

In my previous articles I described how to use Find and FindNext methods to retrieve Outlook mail items, contact and calendar items. Now I am going to show you how to apply the Find and FindNext methods for Outlook task items... Read the rest of this entry →

Office 365 Newswire: Welcome to Visual Studio 11 Beta and .NET Framework 4.5 – 3.2.2012

One of the great things about the MVP Summit is hob-knobbing with other developers... particularly anyone that develops with the Office platform. I typically think of myself as an Office Developer, even when doing non-Office-related projects... Read the rest of this entry →

Office Newswire: Is Microsoft killing Windows for the sake of Office? – 2.29.2012

February 29th is an odd day. Some people treat it like a free day, an extra day that doesn't really count. They take off work and do something they don't normally have time to do. Like try a new hobby or take a nap... Read the rest of this entry →

Add-in Express vs. VSTO: Outlook regions

Microsoft Outlook regions are cool. It offers developers the ability to add their own custom functionality to the standard Microsoft Outlook Inspector or Explorer windows... Read the rest of this entry →

How to intercept clicking an Office Ribbon control or command bar button

There are three ways to invoke a command of an Office application: click a built-in Ribbon button (2007-2010); click a built-in CommandBar button (Office 2000-2003 and some Office 2007 applications) and press a keyboard shortcut... Read the rest of this entry →

Add-in Express vs. VSTO: Customizing Backstage View and context menu

One of the first articles I wrote for Add-in Express was about the Office 2010 Backstage View. Microsoft Office 2010 was still new and users of Office where still getting used to Microsoft's new approach to the "File" menu. The Add-in Express Backstage view component has since received a new and very impressive visual designer that makes designing the Backstage view a piece of cake ... Read the rest of this entry →

Office 365 Newswire: SharePoint Online set to release new features – 2.24.2012

While we wait for MSFT to release more Office regarding the next wave of Office, SharePoint, & Office 365... we can assuage ourselves with the upcoming new features for SharePoint Online. This release is SP 2 and contains 4 super-duper-awesome features... Read the rest of this entry →

Video: Creating a custom SharePoint 2010 ribbon

I'm really intrigued by Office 365. I think the way Microsoft is marketing it (and pricing it) is compelling. What I like most is the potential user base it represents. I really like that I can build a solution and publish it. I really love that people can buy it and then use it during their day. It's a bit like writing words and then having you read them... Read the rest of this entry →

How To: Create a new recurrent Task item in Outlook

There are two item types that can be recurrent in Outlook: appointment and task items. In one of my earlier posts described the first one. Now I am going to tell you the story about task items... Read the rest of this entry →

Office Newswire: Microsoft Office for iPad sounds a lot like Office for WOA tablets – 2.22.2012

Yesterday, TheDaily.com ran a story stating Microsoft will soon send Office for iPad to the Apple App Store. Microsoft quickly released a statement that they claim is a denial.... Read the rest of this entry →

Excel shapes events: getting notified about user actions

The Excel object model doesn't have any events purposed for manipulations with shapes. In this blog I demonstrate an approach to solving this problem... Read the rest of this entry →

Add-in Express vs. VSTO: Visual designers for Office Ribbon UI customization

Creating a Microsoft Office add-in prototype is certainly much faster with the help of Add-in Express's visual designers. The visual designers help you to very quickly and easily build complex Office UI's as well as customize the existing MS Office UI... Read the rest of this entry →

How To: Create a new Task item in Outlook

In my previous posts I have described how to create a new e-mail message, contact and appointment items. Today I am going to cover task items... Read the rest of this entry →

Office 365 Newswire: The benefits of CRM integration with Office 365 – 2.17.2012

I'll admit that each of these articles have some informative information. Actually, that's what information is... informative. It's useful. Each of these articles are useful in their own way. For today's newswire, these articles also allow me to riff and offer my own thoughts and opinions without requiring me to write 15 or more articles... Read the rest of this entry →

Using Word Dialogs programmatically: C# sample

This blog is about a sample add-in project (with source code) demonstrating how to use Word dialogs programmatically. With this add-in you can check if a given dialog is suitable for your task or get version-specific information about that dialog and its properties... Read the rest of this entry →

Office Newswire: Office news you can use! – 2.15.2012

Sometimes it's a struggle to find fresh developer items. This is expected given Office 2010 is no longer the center of attention due to our clamoring for more Office 15 details. Those details will arrive soon enough. For today, we have some solid items for your consideration. ... Read the rest of this entry →

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