Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office

Getting Started

• What's New in Visual Studio Tools for Office
  
• How to: Install Visual Studio Tools for Office
  
• How to: Install the Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime
  
• How to: Install Office Primary Interop Assemblies
  
• Office Documents in the Visual Studio Environment Overview
  
• Office Solutions Development Overview
  
• Getting Started Writing Code
  
• How Do I in Visual Studio Tools for Office
  

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Code Samples

• Sample: Building a Status Report Application with Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Sample: Building an Excel Invoice Application Using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Sample: Creating a Capital Expenditure Model with Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office and Excel 2003 Using Visual Basic and C#
  
• Sample: Creating an Estimate Solution Using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Sample: Creating an Outlook My.Blogs Managed Code Add-in
  
• Sample: Creating an Outlook Task Add-in Solution with Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Sample: Deploying Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Solutions Using Windows Installer
  
• Sample: Enhancing Excel Business Intelligence Capabilities with Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Sample: Excel 2003 and Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Solution: Using Dynamic Controls and Worksheets
  
• Sample: Migrating a Word VBA Solution to Visual Basic Using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Sample: Open XML File Format Code Snippets for Visual Studio 2005
  
• Sample: Overview of Code Snippets Using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Sample: Understanding the Excel Object Model from a Visual Studio 2005 Developer's Perspective
  
• Sample: Understanding the Word Object Model from a Visual Studio 2005 Developer's Perspective
  
• Sample: Using Excel 2003 to Manage Project Sites with Windows SharePoint Services 2003
  
• Sample: Using the Server Capabilities in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office to Build a Benefits Registration System
  

Articles

• What's New in Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Architecture of the Outlook Add-in Support in Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Best of Blogs: Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Building a Status Report Application with Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Building an Excel Invoice Application Using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Convert VBA Code to Visual Basic When Migrating to Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Creating a Capital Expenditure Model with Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office and Excel 2003 Using Visual Basic and C#
  
• Sample: Creating an Estimate Solution Using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Creating an Outlook Business Contact Assistant Add-in with Visual Studio Tools for Office
  
• Creating an Outlook My.Blogs Managed Code Add-in
  
• Creating an Outlook Task Add-in Solution with Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Creating Excel Solutions for Use in Multiple Countries/Regions Using Visual Studio Tools for Office
  
• Deploying Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Solutions Using Windows Installer, Part1
  
• Deploying Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Office System SE Solutions Using Windows Installer: Walkthroughs, Part 2
  
• Enhancing Excel Business Intelligence Capabilities with Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Excel 2003 and Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Solution: Using Dynamic Controls and Worksheets
  
• Improve Your Outlook With Visual Studio Tools For Office
  
• Introducing Outlook Add-in Support in Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Migrating a Word VBA Solution to Visual Basic Using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Migrating Excel VBA Solutions to Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Overview of Code Snippets Using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Programming Office Applications Using Visual C#
  
• Redesigning an Excel VBA Solution for .NET Using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Understanding the Excel Object Model from a Visual Studio 2005 Developer's Perspective
  
• Understanding the Word Object Model from a Visual Studio 2005 Developer's Perspective
  
• Using Excel 2003 to Manage Project Sites with Windows SharePoint Services 2003
  
• Using the Requirements Authoring Starter Kit, Part 1
  
• Using the Requirements Authoring Starter Kit, Part 2
  
• Using the Server Capabilities in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office to Build a Benefits Registration System
  
• Using the Visual Studio Tools for Office Application Manifest Editor
  

Tools and Utilities

• Application Manifest Editor Tool for Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
  
• Requirements Authoring Starter Kit (RASK) for Visual Studio Tools for Office 2005
  
• Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Update: InfoPath 2007 Beta Support
  

Training

• Hands-on Labs for Word 2003
  

  Learn how to use host controls, program the actions pane, bind data from a SQL Server database to host controls and controls on the actions pane, and cache data.

• Hands-on Labs for Excel 2003
  

  Use these hands-on labs to gain experience in building an asset allocation application and a debt consolidation application using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office and Excel 2003.

• Outlook Add-in Hands-on Labs
  

  These labs are intended to help you create and work with Outlook 2003 add-in projects by using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office. The labs are in both Microsoft Visual C# code and Microsoft Visual Basic code.

• Outlook Add-in Samples
  

  This Outlook samples release includes five sample projects for developing Outlook 2003 add-in projects.

• Outlook Add-in Snippets
  

  These 20 Microsoft IntelliSense code snippets are designed to assist developers with frequently occurring Outlook development tasks when using Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office.