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Security and Deployment Walkthroughs

Visual Studio 2008

Walkthroughs provide step-by-step instructions for common scenarios and are a good place to start learning about Visual Studio Tools for Office.

The following walkthroughs demonstrate how you can set security policy to allow your solution to run, and how you can deploy your solution.

Security and Deployment for 2007 Microsoft Office System Solutions

How to: Configure Inclusion List Security (2007 System): Explains how to configure the ClickOnce trust prompt to control whether end users are given the option of installing Visual Studio Tools for Office solutions.
How to: Add or Remove Inclusion List Entries (2007 System): Provides a step-by-step demonstration of the basics of inclusion list security in Visual Studio Tools for Office solutions.
How to: Sign an Office Solution (2007 System): Provides information about how you can grant trust to the solution by using a certificate.
How to: Deploy an Office Solution by Using ClickOnce (2007 System).: Provides information about how to use the Publish Wizard or the Publish page of the Project Designer to publish Visual Studio Tools for Office solutions.
How to: Deploy a Document-Level Office Solution to a SharePoint Server (2007 System).: Describes the steps for deploying to a SharePoint server.
How to: Install a ClickOnce Office Solution (2007 System).: Provides steps for installing Visual Studio Tools for Office solutions by running the Setup program that is generated during the publishing process; opening the deployment manifest file; or opening a customized document or workbook.
How to: Uninstall a ClickOnce Office Solution (2007 System).: Provides information about how to uninstall Visual Studio Tools for Office solutions.
How to: Install Prerequisites on End User Computers to Run Office Solutions (2007 System): Describes how you can create a Setup program that checks for prerequisites before it installs the solution components.
How to: Prepare IIS for Deployment of Office Solutions (2007 System): Describes how to configure the MIME type on Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) for the deployment manifest.
How to: Update Deployed Office Solutions (2007 System): Provides information about how to update a Visual Studio Tools for Office solution by using the Publish Wizard.
How to: Change the Installation Path of an Office Solution (2007 System): Provides information about how to change the installation path of a Visual Studio Tools for Office solution.

Security and Deployment for Microsoft Office 2003 Solutions

Walkthrough: Granting and Removing Permissions for an Office Solution (2003 System): Demonstrates step-by-step how to remove the default permissions granted during project creation and add permissions based on strong name.
Walkthrough: Deploying a Document and an Assembly to a Local Folder (2003 System): Demonstrates how to deploy a Word or Excel solution to a new location on the development computer so that the document and the assembly are located in the same folder.
Walkthrough: Deploying a Document and an Assembly to Different Local Folders (2003 System): Demonstrates how to deploy a Word or Excel solution to a new location on the development computer so that the document and the assembly are located in different folders.
Walkthrough: Deploying a Document to a Local Folder and an Assembly to a Network Folder (2003 System): Demonstrates how to deploy a Word or Excel solution so that the document is on the development computer, and the assembly is in a folder on a network computer.
Walkthrough: Deploying a Document and an Assembly to a Network Folder (2003 System): Demonstrates how to deploy a Word or Excel solution so that the document and the assembly are in a folder on a network computer.
Walkthrough: Deploying a Document-Level Customization Using a Deployment Manifest (2003 System): Demonstrates how to publish a Word or Excel solution and then redeploy the solution to a new network location.
Walkthrough: Deploying a Document-Level Customization Using a Windows Installer File (2003 System): Demonstrates how to create a Windows Installer file that can be used to deploy a Word or Excel solution.

Related Sections

Walkthroughs Using Word: Lists step-by-step guides that provide an introduction to Visual Studio Tools for Office and help to illustrate how you can create applications that take advantage of Word.
Walkthroughs Using Excel: Lists step-by-step guides that provide an introduction to Visual Studio Tools for Office and help to illustrate how you can create applications that take advantage of Excel.
Data Walkthroughs (Visual Studio Tools for Office): Lists step-by-step guides that illustrate how to work with data in your solutions.
UI Customization Walkthroughs: Lists step-by-step guides that illustrate how you can create applications that take advantage of actions panes and smart tags.
Document-Level Samples: Provides links to document-level sample applications that illustrate the use of managed code extensions with Word and Excel.
Getting Started (Visual Studio Tools for Office): Provides links to information about setup, project templates, Office primary interop assemblies, and what's new in Office development.
Common Tasks in Office Programming: Lists frequently asked questions about programming with Visual Studio Tools for Office, and provides links to topics that can help solve common problems.
Creating Office Solutions in Visual Studio: Provides links to information about creating Word and Excel solutions and the role of assemblies in your solution.

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Samples and Walkthroughs (Office Development)

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