As we progress towards the looming end of yet another year it is time to get excited.  While the end of the year is usually a festive season regardless, this year with the imminent launch of Vista and Office 2007 we, as developers, have another reason to celebrate.  In this show I catch up with fellow Australian, Andrew Coates, and Paul Stubbs to discuss the ins and outs of building applications that integrate with the Office platform.

And the show goes a little bit like this….[Listen to the Podcast]

[Opening music - big thanks to the guys of Minder for the use of their track Chess which can be sampled at TripleJ]

00:10 – Introduction with Paul Stubbs and Andrew Coates
00:33 - Intilecta
01:21 - VSTO v1,2, Cypress & 3
02:37 - Legacy technologies (VB6, VBA, COM)
04:16 - The benefits of managed code (Web services, CAS, Code Separation)
04:50 - Limitations of VSTO (eg calling Excel User Defined Functions)
07:00 - Document v’s Application projects
09:10 - Runtime requirements for VSTO (.NET Framework, Office PIAs & CAS setup)
10:10 - PSS Client Troubleshooter
12:58 - Current ISV activity with Office/VSTO
15:09 - TFS Office integration
18:45 - Outlook forms & custom task pane
19:32 - Information Bridge Framework
20:20 - Ribbon toolbar and VSTO version compatibility
23:10 - Visual Studio Tools for Applications
26:16 - Getting started with VSTO and Office development
27:50 - Community launch event for Vista/Office
28:31 - Blogs: Paul, Andrew, VSTO
28:44 - MSDN Magazine article, VSTO for Mere Mortals
29:25 - MAGE

Listen to the show HERE

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