Entries tagged with ms office - Channel 9

Transcensus Interview and Demonstration - Deliver easy training with SHO Guide

John O'Donnell — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:56:00 GMT

Just before Convergence 2009 wrapped up I caught up with Dan Higbee and Dan Peay from www.transcensus.com and talked with them about their solution for delivering application help. In this video we show it running with Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online but it can also be used with Microsoft Office applications, Dynamics or any application developed using Microsoft .NET.

Product Demonstration starts at time index - 5:45

Enjoy the show!

John O'Donnell Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist
Microsoft Corporation
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Ramona Pousti: Visio, Software Testing, Technical Communication and Gender

Charles — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:35:00 GMT

Meet Ramona Pousti who works in Office on the Visio team. She took a programming class in high school, and from there her high-tech world took off. After interning at Microsoft, she joined the company when she graduated from Cornell and now she works on a product that reaches millions of folks, and bonus, it’s an application that her mom can understand – still highly technical but you don’t have to be a developer to get it! Ramona also talks about technical communication and how it’s the universal language of geek. :)

SharePoint for Developers Part 1: Introducing VSeWSS 1.3

Kirk Evans — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:38:00 GMT

Kirk Evans demonstrates the new features of Visual Studio Extensions for Windows SharePoint Services (VSeWSS) 1.3 February 2009 CTP. We focus on the deployment aspects of SharePoint development and how VSeWSS makes this much easier in the current release. This is part 1 of a series on SharePoint for Developers.

Word Add-ins Part 3: Searching for Text Strings and Adding Comments

Harry Miller — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:57:00 GMT

You can search the text in any open Microsoft Office Word document for specific strings if you put the code in a VSTO application-level add-in. When you find an instance of the string, you can perform some action on it. This video shows how to flag the string with a comment that contains text passed in from a calling method.

Word Add-ins Part 2: When Add-ins Collide

Harry Miller — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:49:00 GMT

When you build a VSTO add-in project, it installs the add-in on your development computer. Even if you close that project and start another, or even close Visual Studio entirely, all add-ins you have built will still run when you start the Office application on that computer. If you're not expecting the add-in to run, you might be surprized by what you see the next time you open the application or test a new project. This video shows how to easily uninstall add-ins from your development computer after you build them if you don't want them to run any more.

Word Add-ins Part 1: Clear the Ribbon Except for My Controls

Harry Miller — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:40:00 GMT

You can use VSTO to easily customize the Ribbon to show only the controls you want to display. This video shows how to clear the Ribbon in Microsoft Office Word so it contains only a single button. The button inserts a graphic into the open Word document at the cursor location. Why? Well, really it's just to demo the Ribbon thing. But some day you might want to insert images into a document too, who knows?

Activating a Custom Tab on the Ribbon When a Document Is Opened

Harry Miller — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:34:00 GMT

A lot of people seem to want to make a certain tab or control on the Ribbon active programmatically using VSTO. It makes sense that a developer would want to select the custom tab if the controls that are most useful for the current document are all on that tab. This video goes in-depth about this programming question.

OK, not really. The video just says you can't do it, because the Ribbon is designed with the idea of leaving the user in control of the UI -- no surprise selection changes. But you should watch the video anyway. It's really short, and, you know, kinda funny.

Turn Off Automatic Conversion of Office 2003 Projects into 2007 Projects

Harry Miller — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:28:00 GMT

In Visual Studio 2008, when you open a Microsoft Office 2003 project, by default it starts the project migration wizard if you have the 2007 Microsoft Office system installed on your development computer. In other words, Visual Studio automatically tries to upgrade older VSTO projects to the version of Office that you have installed.

If you need to maintain the 2003 version of the project, you can turn off this default setting.

Create an Excel Shortcut Menu That Writes Selections to a Text File

Harry Miller — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:25:00 GMT

It doesn't take much code to add a command to a shortcut menu in Excel, but the menu objects have strange names so it's not intuitive, to me at least. The trickiest part is just sorting out how it's supposed to work, because it seems like it should be different from adding buttons to toolbars, but it really looks like that's what you're doing.

The code is all posted in this post on the VSTO team blog.

Thanks to McLean Schofield, programmer/writer and 3-star forum answer person, for this code example!

Creating an OBA - Word Add-in for CRM

Girish Raja — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:41:00 GMT

In this screencast, we'll see how to create a simple OBA application (word add-in) that pulls data from Dynamics CRM 4.0.

Check out http://channel9.msdn.com/posts/benriga/The-Dynamics-Duo-talk-about-CRM-and-Office-Business-Applications-OBA/ for some of the possibilities with such applications.

Check out http://blogs.msdn.com/girishr/ for code samples and related screencasts.

Intro to the Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) Power Tools 1.0

John Wiese — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:30:00 GMT

The recently released VSTO Power Tools provide some great capabilities for Office developers. The Extension Libraries alone could save you hours of work, and you can get then for free! In this short video I will introduce you to a few of the main Power Tools in the package and briefly talk about a few of the other tools as well. So sit back, enjoy, then start coding!

VSTO Power Tools 1.0 Download

Bill Gates: Backstage at the Office Developer Conference

Dan Fernandez — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 06:03:29 GMT

Javed Sikander discusses the new OBA Composition Reference Toolkit which was just announced at ODC 2008.

OBA has come a very long way since we last chatted with Javed on C9. The OBA Composer, which ships as part of the toolkit, is really impressive WYSIYG designer tool for Sharepoint applications.

Check it out.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Office Communication Server 2007 with Sanjay Jain

Sanjay Jain — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 08:17:47 GMT

Hello,

By utilizing integration with Office Communication Server 2007, Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 empowers live communication and collaboration among CRM Users irrespective of their physical location. In this screen-cast, I will walk you through this powerful enhancement highlighting key integration points.

Thanks

Sanjay Jain
Microsoft Dynamics ISV Architect Evangelist
Blogs: http://blogs.msdn.com/usisvde

John Graham discusses the Office Developer Conference “Real World” Track

Charles — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:24:50 GMT

Rob Barker spent some time with John Graham, who owns the ODC Real World Track, to talk about what the track is all about and what you can expect. This chat is the first in a series with the other track owners that will cover Architecture, Services, Client and Server tracks.

Jerome Thiebaud discusses the Office Developer Conference “Server” Track

Charles — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:20:39 GMT

Rob Barker spent some time with Jerome Theibaud, SharePoint Designer PM. Jerome owns the ODC Server Track, to talk about what the track is all about and what you can expect. This chat is the second in a series with the other track owners that will cover Architecture, Services and Client tracks.

TechNet Radio: A first look at Microsoft's Unified Communications solutions

erickingfrog — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 19:08:56 GMT

Join Sukhvinder Singh Gulati, Sr. Lead Program Manager, for a first look at Microsoft's newest unified communications solutions. Sukhvinder will discuss products like Office Communications Server 2007, Office Communicator 2007, Office Live Meeting 2007, Exchange Server 2007 Unified Messaging, and devices like Microsoft Office RoundTable. He'll explain how Microsoft is integrating all your unified communication needs in one single portfolio of products, making it easier to manage and administer your communications.

Eric Ostrowski - Your Show Host and TechNet Radio Producer
Kevin Remde – IT Pro Evangelist
Sukhvinder Singh Gulati - Sr. Lead Program Manager

VBA interop with VSTO managed code in VS 2008

Daniel Moth — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 00:29:00 GMT

Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth :-)

Introduction: With VSTO v3.0 the attraction to write managed code in order to customise Office applications is huge. However, if you already have investments in VBA code, you do not need to throw it out just yet. Just interop, like I show in this 8' video. For other resources, start at my blog post here.

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Office Task Panes and Actions Pane in VS2008

Daniel Moth — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:15:00 GMT

Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth :-)

Introduction: Learn how to program Custom Task Panes and the Actions Pane. If you are a managed developer (e.g. Windows Forms) then you'll find that you already have the skills for extending Microsoft Office applications with your code. Visual Studio 2008 makes it really easy and that is what I demonstrate in this 14' video. For other resources, start at my blog post here.

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Outlook Form Regions in Visual Studio 2008

Daniel Moth — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:15:00 GMT

Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth :-)

Introduction: Exploit Outlook Form Regions. If you are a managed developer (e.g. Windows Forms) then you'll find that you already have the skills for extending Microsoft Office applications with your code. Visual Studio 2008 makes it really easy and that is what I demonstrate in this 15' video. For other resources, start at my blog post here.

Video download: Click on the image to play the video (from a streaming file). If you'd prefer to download the wmv packaged in a zip file, you may do so here.

Word Content Controls in Visual Studio 2008

Daniel Moth — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 03:14:00 GMT

Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth :-)

Introduction: Get started with Word content controls. If you are a managed developer (e.g. Windows Forms) then you'll find that you already have the skills for extending Microsoft Office applications with your code. Visual Studio 2008 makes it really easy and that is what I demonstrate in this 12' video. For other resources, start at my blog post here.

Video download: Click on the image to play the video (from a streaming file). If you'd prefer to download the wmv packaged in a zip file, you may do so here.

Code to Live: Jeff Julian, John Alexander and Rob Foster on Sharepoint

joshholmes — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:32:33 GMT

Rob Foster, Sharepoint MVP and author, talks about the things that are new and exciting in Sharepoint development and the things that enables from a user's perspective. Jeff Julian, XML MVP, and John Alexander, Solutions Architect MVP and Regional Director, talk about the new things that Sharepoint 2007 and Moss 2007 brings to their consulting practice.

Office Ribbon Customisation in Visual Studio 2008

Daniel Moth — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:58:00 GMT

Author: Hi, I am Daniel Moth :-)

Introduction: Explore Ribbon customisation. If you are a managed developer (e.g. Windows Forms) then you'll find that you already have the skills for extending Microsoft Office applications with your code. Visual Studio 2008 makes it really easy and that is what I demonstrate in this 20' video. For other resources, start at my blog post here.

Video download: Click on the image to play the video (from a streaming file). If you'd prefer to download the wmv packaged in a zip file, you may do so here.

Using Office 2007 Icons in Your Office 2007 Add-ins

John Wiese — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:04:43 GMT

Have you ever wanted to use one of the Office 2007 icons in your own add-in's ribbon bars? In the past you could do this only if you knew the name of the icon. Now there is a way to find those names easier with a small download (excel sheet) from the Microsoft download site:

Office Icon Galery download

In this short 5 minute screencast I'll show you how to use 'Orcas' Beta 2 to create a Word 2007 template file with a custom ribbon bar using the visual designer. I then will customize the button on the ribbon bar with an Office icon showing you how to find the name of the icon you want to use.

InfoPath and SharePoint

Philo589 — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:59:18 GMT

After some concerns that connecting InfoPath to a database table was going too far for non-IT power users, I'm following up showing InfoPath integration with SharePoint - no database necessary.

As always, learn more about InfoPath at my blog.