2. 2 Integrating Windows Presentation Foundation and Windows Communication Foundation into Your Office Business Applications Tim Huckaby CEO, InterKnowlogy Microsoft RD & MVP Session Code: OFC304

3. 3 Abstract: This session highlights many of the ways that the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and the Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) can be leveraged in applications built with Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System (VSTO). Visual Studio 2008 introduced an array of new features aimed at a wide range of Office solution types. With Visual Studio 2008, you can build solutions that incorporate the native capabilities of the Office client applications (like Outlook) combined with the sophisticated UI capabilities of WPF that's connected to remote data and services via WCF and use the RAD features of LINQ to manipulate that data. These new technologies provide opportunities for building powerful solutions with functionality that was previously difficult or impossible to achieve. Now that Microsoft Office has evolved into a true development platform, solutions based on Office are becoming increasingly sophisticated, less document-focused, and more loosely coupled. This session shows you how easy it is to build robust solutions that leverage the latest technologies. WPF provides developers and designers with a unified programming model for building rich Windows smart client user experiences with Office client applications that incorporate UI, media, and documents. WCF contains a support framework and a design-time toolset for building service- oriented solutions that connect rich Office clients with powerful server-side functionality and remote data access. Visual Studio 2008 provides a simple GUI wizard that lets you consume WCF services without having to worry about service metadata, protocols, or XML configuration.

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5. 5 About… InterKnowlogy (www.InterKnowlogy.com)www.InterKnowlogy.com ● Tim Huckaby, CEO - (TimHuck@InterKnowlogy.com) ● Custom App Dev / Consulting / Software & Systems Engineering Firm headquartered in Carlsbad, CA ● Microsoft Gold Partner managed in SoCal and Redmond ● Design, Architect, Build and Deploy enterprise class applications ● Industry Experts: 90% of the company is published Microsoft.NET Application development since 2000! Microsoft.NET Smart Client pioneers / industry leaders Information Worker Solutions (VSTO & SharePoint) Integration / Messaging, B2B / B2C, Wireless / Mobility Microsoft BizTalk, Web Services, Microsoft Active Directory, Security, SSO, Authorization, Authentication Cutting Edge Solutions on emerging Microsoft technologies Largest Client: Microsoft

6. 6 Designing, Building and Deploying OBAs that leverage WPF and WCF Demos: Document Solutions for Excel and Word Add-in Solutions in Outlook Guidance on how to get immediately effective in VSTO, WPF and WCF VSTO, WPF and WCF…Why? Session Objectives And Agenda Guidance on Where to Go Next…

7. 7 Makes Office a valuable, first-class project type in Visual Studio Enables developers to create & extend Office Business Applications Enables developers to leverage key Office UI features and support collaboration and workflow Provides Office developers with the benefits and advantages of the Visual Studio professional development environment Enables developers to leverage existing programming skills Developers can leverage their company’s current investment in Office 2003 Pro and new investment in 2007 Office system VSTO is the Tool for Building OBAs VSTO e nables developers to leverage Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office platform to build scalable line-of-business solutions in.NET based on Microsoft Office

8. 8 Office Application Solutions (Add-In) Document-Centric Solutions Office Client Development With VSTO 2 Common Application Models OM MyCode OM MyCode MyMenu MyTaskPane

9. The Actions Pane Document Actions task pane Specific task pane available to document customizations (new in Word and Excel 2003+) Actions Pane Programmable object exposed by VSTO 2005 from Excel Workbook and Word Document classes Fully encapsulates an implementation of Ismart Document Provides a Windows Forms-based programming model for accessing the Document Actions task pane

10. 10 VSTO Excel And WPF Tim Huckaby InterKnowlogy CEO Microsoft RD & MVP

11. 11 What the heck is XAML? Separates the front-end from the back-end Simple declarative programming language suitable for constructing and initializing.NET Objects Usually the most concise way to represent user interfaces (or other hierarchies of objects) Doesn’t need a compile to render The language that almost all WPF related tools emit

12. 12 Outlook 2007 Form Regions New technology in Outlook 2007 for enhancing and replacing Outlook’s built-in forms Adjoining and Separate regions for both custom and built-in forms Replacement and Replace-all regions for custom forms Forms Designer in Outlook Many new controls allow duplication of built-in forms; they are themed and support databinding Code behind form regions is implemented via COM add-in

13. 13 VSTO Outlook And WPF Tim Huckaby InterKnowlogy CEO Microsoft RD & MVP

14. What the Heck is WPF? …and why do we need it? It’s.NET! All the goodness of Developer Productivity Built on Top of Direct 3D Converted to 3D triangles, textures and other Direct3D objects & then rendered by hardware Benefits of hardware acceleration & perf due to work being off-loaded to GPUs (unlike GDI based systems) Ensures the maximum benefit of new hardware and drivers Software rendering pipeline as fallback Declarative programming Bringing designers directly into application development Ease of deployment Allowing administrators to deploy and manage applications securely

15. 15 VSTO Excel And WPF AdventureWorks VSTO excel with wpf user control Tim Huckaby InterKnowlogy CEO Microsoft RD & MVP

16. 16 What the Heck is WCF? Framework for connecting distributed applications Part of.NET 3.0 Enables building SOA applications Implements WS-* standards Single API that supports the capabilities of:.NET Remoting ASP.NET Web Services Enterprise Services (COM+) MSMQ Messaging subsystem at its core SOAP messages Does not necessarily mean XML/Text! Interoperability with: Enterprise Services ASMX / Web Services 1.0 services Any WS-* compliant web service MSMQ applications

17. 17 VSTO Word, WCF and WPF Tim Huckaby InterKnowlogy CEO Microsoft RD & MVP

18. 18 Why WCF? Flexibility You can change your mind about wire level communication protocols, security model, and many other facets without changing your source code Maintainability One API for all forms of remote communication, don’t need to learn multiple technology stacks Power All the capabilities of other remoting APIs rolled into one Interoperability and SOA enabled in ways the other technologies never considered Simplicity On par with other remoting technologies if you just need simple remote calls Incrementally more complex as you start to take advantage of more complex features Features which the other technologies may not have

19. Gotchas, Tips & Tricks Tip: You are going to need more tools than just Visual Studio.NET when building WPF solutions: Microsoft Expression Blend Microsoft Expression Designer (or it’s competitor) XAML Pad or XAML Cruncher Gotcha: when building a VSTO application DO NOT COMPILE IN BLEND – you will “hose” your design time. VSTO apps won’t run from Blend anyway… Tip: If you don’t have artistic talent, then don’t try to create WPF styles….there are plenty of WPF Style samples in XAML source on the web to “leverage”. Gotcha: if you are going to build outlook Add-Ins then use a VPC…or else you’ll be cleaning the registry from a zillion compiles.

20. Product Team Blogs Eric Carter:.NET4Office http://blogs.msdn.com/eric_carter/ http://blogs.msdn.com/eric_carter/ Peter Torr: Office Development, Security, Randomness… http://blogs.msdn.com/ptorr/ http://blogs.msdn.com/ptorr/ Eric Lippert: Fabulous Adventures in Coding http://blogs.msdn.com/EricLippert http://blogs.msdn.com/EricLippert Paul Stubbs: Office Development with.NET http://blogs.msdn.com/pstubbs/ http://blogs.msdn.com/pstubbs/ VSTO Team Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto/http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto/

21. Newsgroups VSTO microsoft.public.vsnet.vstools.office MSDN Forums: VSTO http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.as px?ForumID=16&SiteID=1http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.as px?ForumID=16&SiteID=1.

22. Additional Information MSDN Developer Centers VS.NET and Office Development http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/office/ http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/office/ Office Development http://msdn.microsoft.com/office http://msdn.microsoft.com/office Hands-on Labs for VSTO 2005 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f2323aaf- fe87-4203-9ed8-72466566e105&displaylang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f2323aaf- fe87-4203-9ed8-72466566e105&displaylang=en VSTO 2005 Web casts http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/vsto/multimedia/default.a spx http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/vsto/multimedia/default.a spx

23. Resources VSTO Forum http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowForum.aspx?For umID=16 VSTO-related blogs VSTO-related Blog Search – http://search.live.com/macros/pstubbs/vsto http://search.live.com/macros/pstubbs/vsto Office Zealot Site – http://www.officezealot.com/VSTO/bloghome.aspx http://www.officezealot.com/VSTO/bloghome.aspx

24. For More Information Visit the VSTO Developer Center http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/tool/vsto/default.aspx VSTO Help documentation on MSDN http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/d2tx7z6d(en- us,vs.80).aspx

25. Office Object Model Reference Excel Object Model Reference http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb149081.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb149081.aspx Outlook Object Model Reference http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb176619.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb176619.aspx PowerPoint Object Model Reference http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb251394.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb251394.aspx Visio Automation Object Model Reference http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa730930.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa730930.aspx Word Object Model Reference http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb244515.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb244515.aspx

26. Summary VSTO is the key enabler for the.NET stack to build Office Business Applications ● Connect documents to live business data ● Provide structure using XML Schemas ● Provide deeper UI integration using the Document Actions task pane ● Integrated design-time experience ● Developer productivity through programming model enhancements ● All the power of Visual Studio and the.NET Framework WPF and WCF are natural additions to your Enterprise Office Business Applications ● Custom, Integrated, Professional-looking Uis within the Office Client applications ● Distributed Office Applications that are Flexible, Powerful, Simple & Maintainable

27. Tim Huckaby, InterKnowlogy More info on InterKnowlogy: www.InterKnowlogy.com Contact me: Tim Huckaby E-mail : TimHuck@InterKnowlogy.com or v-TimHu@Microsoft.comTimHuck@InterKnowlogy.comv-TimHu@Microsoft.com Phone: 760-444-8640 Blog : http://blogs.InterKnowlogy.com/TimHuckaby About Tim Huckaby CEO, InterKnowlogy Microsoft ® Regional Director – Southern California Microsoft ®.NET Partner Advisory Council Founder / Member Microsoft ® MVP -.NET Microsoft ® Surface Partner Advisory Council INETA Speaker – International.NET Users Group Association Windows and.NET Magazine Advisory Board Member.NET Developers Journal Magazine Advisory Board Member Author / Speaker

28. Deadlines & Resources Thank you for committing to speak at Microsoft’s premier event for IT Professionals and Developers. Below is important information regarding your participation as a speaker for TechEd 2008. Important Content Deadlines – submit via www.msteched.comwww.msteched.com April 10 Upload outline and PPT draft Apr 10–May 25 Content Review Process (dry run, speaker training, etc.) May 29 Presentations locked and final submitted -TechEd Developer. Additional changes must be brought onsite. Slide Design Resources at www.msteched.comwww.msteched.com Graphics and Images Library (pictures of arrows, devices, people) Books, Webinars, Websites, and much more to help you build a great deck Licensing information for any third-party photography or art must be submitted with the PPT Points of Contact Direct presentation questions to Tespeakr@microsoft.comTespeakr@microsoft.com Direct content questions to your Track PM: www.msteched.comwww.msteched.com This template is designed for use with Office PowerPoint 2007. This template is set to print in color or grayscale, not black and white.

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31. 31 Video Title

32. 32 Customer Title Name Title Company

33. 33 Demo Title Name Title Company

34. 34 Demo Title Name Title Company

35. 35 Partner Title Name Title Company

36. 36 Announcement Title

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38. 38 PowerPoint Guidelines Font, size, and color for text have been formatted for you in the Slide Master Use the color palette shown below See next slide for additional guidelines Hyperlink color: www.microsoft.comwww.microsoft.com Sample Fill

39. 39 Slide for Showing Software Code Use this layout to show software code The font is Consolas, a monospace font The slide doesn’t use bullets but levels can be indented using the “Increase List Level” icon on the Home menu To use straight quotes " instead of smart quotes ”, do this: 1.Click on the Office Button in the upper left corner 2.At the bottom of the menu, choose PowerPoint Options 3.From the left pane, select Proofing 4.Click on the AutoCorrect Options button 5.Select the AutoFormat As You Type tab, and deselect “Straight quotes” with “smart quotes”. Then Click OK.

40. 40 Table Format Table Title Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5

41. 41 Bar Chart Example

42. 42 Pie Chart Example

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44. 44 Notes In addition to the Walk-in and Title slides, the following slides are required Please add your content and include these in your final presentation NEXT:

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