1. Visual Studio Tools for Office 2005
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Visual Studio Tools for Office 2005
Stephen Turner
Software Design Engineer
Microsoft UK
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2. Agenda What is a Smart Client?
Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System (a.k.a. VSTO)
Demos!
Creating a VSTO project
Adding an Actions Pane
Data binding in VSTO
Deployment and securtity
Call to action!

3. Web Services & Offline/Online support Device Adaptability Tough to
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Web Services &
Offline/Online
support
Device
Adaptability
Tough to
Deploy
Heavy
Footprint
DLL Hell
Network
Dependency
Poor User
Experience
Rich UI
Complex
To Develop
Broad
Reach
Rich User
Experience
Developer
Productivity
Easy Change
Management
Ease of
Deployment
Responsive
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4. What is a Smart Client? Leverages local resources
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What is a Smart Client?
Leverages local resources
Designed for user interaction
Connected or offline capable
Support collaboration
Intelligent deployment and update
Security
Device flexibility
Not all of these characteristics need to be present, but the more complete and advanced, the higher the “Smart Client IQ”
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5. New Visual Studio project types
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New Visual Studio project types
Microsoft Excel 2003*
Microsoft Word 2003*
Microsoft InfoPath 2003
Microsoft Outlook 2003 (add-in support)
Targeted at the professional developer
All the productivity of Visual Studio
All the power of the .NET Framework
But VBA lives on!
* Microsoft Office System Professional Edition or Excel 2003 / Word 2003 standalone versions
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6. Developer Productivity
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Developer Productivity
Integrated design-time and debugging
Project types in VB and C#
Full access to .NET class libraries, Web services, ADO.NET, XML, etc.
CLR enforced code access security
Schema-based programming model
“Data island” offline cache in document
Managed Actions Pane & Smart Tags
Managed controls on the document and Actions Pane
RAD data-binding to all controls
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7. Controls, Controls, Controls
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Controls, Controls, Controls
Managed Windows Forms controls
All controls / components in the toolbox
Added directly to the document, Windows Form or the VSTO actions pane
VSTO “host” controls
Extensions to Excel and Word objects
Richer event models
Data binding capabilities
In Excel: NamedRange, ListObject
In Word: Bookmark, XMLNode, XMLNodes
Add any control explicitly at design time or dynamically at run time
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8. Creating a VSTO Project
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Creating a VSTO Project
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9. Document Actions Pane Use the Office Task Pane with managed code
Simply a Windows Forms user control
Create UI in Windows Forms Designer
Add the Actions Pane to the document with a single line of code!
Dim MyAP As New ActionsPaneControl1 Globals.ThisWorkbook.ActionsPane.Controls.Add(MyAP)

10. Adding an Actions Pane 7/20/2018 10:55 PM
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11. Data-Binding
Bind data from a given data source to managed or host controls
Use Data Sources window to create a connection to database, web service, or business object
All data-binding code is generated automatically
Bind to a single item (simple data binding)
Bind to a complete table or stored procedure (complex data binding)

12. Data-Binding Controls
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Data-Binding Controls
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13. Microsoft Office Professional 2003
VSTO 2005 Architecture
VSTO Assembly
Data Island
Web Services
Schemas
Client
VSTO Runtime
LoB Data
.NET Framework 2.0
Microsoft Office Professional 2003
Windows Client
Deployment Server

14. Deployment Deployment model based on manifests
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Deployment
Deployment model based on manifests
Application Manifest
Embedded in the document and describes the solution (startup assembly, dependencies, deployment manifest)
Deployment Manifest
Points to the Application Manifest and handles Application Manifest version resolution
Manifests are crucial to a solution’s self updating process
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15. Self Updating Process ExcelDoc.xls ExcelDoc.dll v1.0.1
ExcelDoc.dll.manifest
ExcelDoc.application
<AppManifest>
<deploy
url=
assembly=“..\ExcelDoc.dll”
version=“1.0.0”/>
<AppManifest>
<deploy
url=
assembly=“..\ExcelDoc.dll”
version=“1.0.0”/>
<AppManifest>
<deploy
url=
assembly=“..\ExcelDoc.dll”
version=“1.0.1”/>
<AppManifest>
<deploy
url=
assembly=“..\ExcelDoc.dll”
version=“1.0.1”/>
<DeployManifest>
<...
curVersion=”1.0.1”
appManifest=
“..\ExcelDoc.dll.manifest
>
<DeployManifest>
<...
curVersion=”1.0.0”
appManifest=
“..\ExcelDoc.dll.manifest
>

16. Integrating Office XML
VSTO provides a schema-based programming model for documents that have a custom XML schema
Customize UI-based on location in document
Not always necessary to explicitly manipulate XML
No need to navigate the Office OM node hierarchy
VSTO solutions can manipulate XML via System.Xml

17. Security Model VSTO uses .NET code access security Four policy levels
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Security Model
VSTO uses .NET code access security
Four policy levels
Enterprise, Machine, User, Application
Document location and code must be fully trusted by all four policy levels
A given permission is granted only if all policy levels agree to grant it
Trust via signing the assemblies
Authenticode or strong name
Can also trust via location-based evidence
Explicitly trust the assembly via policy. Won’t work by just copying the assembly.
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18. 7/20/ :55 PM
Summary
VSTO 2005 is a strategic Microsoft tool for developing document-centric Office solutions
It enables developers to develop document-centric solutions with managed code in Word, Excel and InfoPath
It enables developers to develop managed add-ins in Outlook
VSTO 2005’s new features provide advantages and benefits for both developers and information workers
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20. Smart Client Competition
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21. Call to Action Visual Studio Tools for Office web site
/office/understanding/vsto
Visual Studio Tools for Office 2005 Beta 2
Visit the MSDN Newsgroups
Visual Tools & Languages / Visual Studio .NET / vsnet.vstools.office
Visit the blogs
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