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What's new in Smart Client Development Do you build rich client applications? If so, you'll want to make sure that you're aware of all Microsoft's client-development technology. This event will showcase a wealth of new and forthcoming technology, including Visual Studio 2008. Agenda: Session 1: Building Rich Clients on the Microsoft Platform - Martin Parry People want compelling user experiences supported by powerful online services. Microsoft's platform and tools empower developers to build both the rich client and the service. In this session we'll concentrate on some recent and forthcoming technologies that enable rich client apps: Visual Studio 2008, WPF, SQL Server Compact Edition and ClickOnce to name but a few. Session 2: Office as a development platform with Visual Studio 2008 - Daniel Moth The 2007 Microsoft Office System is extensible like never before. In this session we'll look at the numerous ways to extend the various Office applications such as Word, Excel, Outlook and others. Customisations demonstrated will include the new designers and templates for the Ribbon, Actions Pane, Task Pane, Content Controls and Form Regions. This will all be done in managed code from within Visual Studio 2008 and we will also see how to interop in both directions with VBA code. For more details and the original slidedeck visit http://www.microsoft.com/uk/msdn/events/new/Detail.aspx?id=115
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Office as a development platform with Visual Studio 2008
Daniel MothDeveloper and Platform GroupMicrosofthttp://www.danielmoth.com/Blog
AGENDA
VSTO OverviewOffice Ribbon DesignerCustom Task PaneAction PaneOutlook Form Region DesignerWord Content ControlsVBA <-> VSTO interopClickOnce Deployment
Roadmap
Custom Document ActionsPane Host Controls on document surface Cached data in the document Server-side data processing Application-level add-ins for Outlook
20072003
App-level add-ins for most popular Office appsRuntime support for key Office 2007 UI elements (Custom Taskpane, Ribbon, Outlook form regions)Runtime support enabling Office 2003 doc-level customizations to run in Office 2007
20072003
Workflow & Microsoft SharePoint supportOffice 2007 system-specific features, file format, UIApp-level add-ins for more client applicationsDeeper server-side programmingVSTO fully integrated into Visual Studio 2008
VSTO Functionality Over Time
•Doc-level
•Outlook add-ins, •VSTA in InfoPath• functional extensions• infra investments
•11 Office add-ins, • infra investments
•SP Workflow, •new designers, • functional extensions• infra investments
Doc-Level Version Resilience
v1 solutions use the VSTO v1 runtimev2 solutions use the VSTO v2 runtimev3+ solutions use the VSTO v3+ runtime
Reduces the number of runtimes (improves performance, working set)Eliminates type name clashes in DefaultDomain
Based on the Managed Add-in FrameworkCommon VSTO/VSTA runtime
Set the scene inc document level addins
“Fluent” UI
Ribbon, Custom Task Panes, Actions Pane, Form Region
Office RibbonNew Look and Feel for Office UI
Replaces Command Bars in “the big 5” Office appsIntroduces a new extensibility model: RibbonXEnables you to
Customize office tabs, Add to built-in tabsRemove tabs, groups and controlsAdd to Office menu, Override built-in UI
Tab GroupControl
Ribb
on
XML-based Customisation SupportRibbon XML structure requires a specific hierarchy
<customUI xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/01/customui" onLoad="OnLoad"> <ribbon> <tabs> <tab idMso="TabAddIns"> <group id="MyGroup" label="My Group"> <toggleButton id="toggleButton1" size="large" label="My Button" screentip="My Button Screentip" onAction="OnToggleButton1" imageMso="AccessFormModalDialog" /> </group> </tab> </tabs> </ribbon></customUI>
<customUI xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/01/customui" onLoad="OnLoad"> <ribbon> <tabs> <tab idMso="TabAddIns"> <group id="MyGroup" label="My Group"> <toggleButton id="toggleButton1" size="large" label="My Button" screentip="My Button Screentip" onAction="OnToggleButton1" imageMso="AccessFormModalDialog" /> </group> </tab> </tabs> </ribbon></customUI>
For example:
Ribbon Customization
Office built-in support for XML-based customization modelVSTO 2005 SE support
Simplifies hookup from .NET via pre-generated classes and sample XML
VSTO v3.0 (Visual Studio 2008) supportAdds full-blown visual designer support“Export to XML” optionA more robust programming layer inc. events
Ribbon Designer Property Grid
Ribbon Control Toolbox
Design Surface
Custom Task & Actions Panes
VSTO simplifies and speeds up task pane UI design process with visual designers and .NET hookup
Actions Pane– More robust, easier to program alternative
to Office’s built-in “Smart Document” technology
Custom Task Pane– The same general idea as Actions Pane, only on the
application add-in level, not individual doc
Pane UI Customization
Custom Task Panes and Action Panes
Document Actions
Task Pane
WinForms UserControl (ActionsPan
e)
ActionsPane Architecture
VSTO Invisible ActiveX Control
Outlook Form Region Features
New technology in Outlook 2007 for enhancing and replacing Outlook’s built-in formsCode behind form region is implemented as COM add-inNew controls provide built-in look & feel and data binding to Outlook data
4 Types of Form Regions
Adjoining and SeparateCustom and built-in forms
Replacement and Replace-allCustom forms only
Reading Pane can display all types except Separate
Adjoining in Reading Pane
Adjoining in Inspector
Separate
Replacement & Replace-All
VS2008 Outlook Form Regions
VSTO eases development of Outlook form regionsConfigure form region with a simple, intuitive wizardDebugging (F5), Intellisense
Import Use wizard to import Outlook-created OFS fileControls are referenced & cast to correct name & type
DesignDesigner supports WPF and Windows Form controlsProperties window exposes manifest
Outlook Form Region
Fluent UI
Word
Content Controls
Word Content Controls
New experience for developing structured documents in Word 2007New UI for developers to access Word Content ControlsProgrammable through Word Object ModelSupport for XML Mapping
Toolbox Support
Word content controls available in Toolbox Increases discoverability of content controlsDrag-and-drop experience
Property Grid Support
Easily access the properties and events of the content controls
Programming Paradigm
Windows Forms style programming modelGenerate event handlersSupport for IntelliSense
Word Content Controls
Two-Way Simple Data Binding
Two methods to data bindDrag and drop support from Data Sources windowSet up through the property grid
UI Feature Availability VSTO 2005 + VSTO 2005 SE VSTO v3.0
Ribbon(2007 versions of Word, Excel,
Outlook and PowerPoint )
Simplified hookupSample XML
Simplified hookupSample XMLVisual designerRicher programming layerExport-to-XML option
Actions Pane(document-level projects only)
Word 2003 (doc, dot)Excel 2003 (xls, xlt)
Word 2003 (doc, dot)Excel 2003 (xls, xlt)Word 2007 (docx/m, dotx/m)Excel 2007 (xlsx/m, xltx/m)
Custom Task Pane(2007 versions of Word, Excel,
Outlook, InfoPath and PowerPoint)
Simplified hookupVisual designer
Simplified hookupVisual designer
Outlook Form Region(Outlook 2007 only)
Visual designerConfiguration wizardImport from existing
Word Content ControlsDrag n drop controlsSimple data-bindingLock controls and content
Where we’ve been, what’s left
VSTO OverviewOffice Ribbon DesignerCustom Task PaneAction PaneOutlook Form Region DesignerWord Content ControlsVBA <-> VSTO interopClickOnce Deployment
Call VSTO from VBA
You enable VBA via COM InteropInterop implemented at design timeYou can then call VSTO from VBA with IntelliSense after building the project
VBA and VSTO Interop
ClickOnce for Office Add-ins
Low-impact deployment mechanismSelf-containedSolutions installed per user
Prerequisites are installed if the user is an adminClickOnce support
Full end-to-end solution installationRicher version-independent security modelOffline access via the ClickOnce Cache
ClickOnce Deployment
Summary
The rationale for the VSTO architectureBring together Office and .NETProvide a sophisticated developer experienceProvide a solid baseline runtime infrastructure
Office is a true development platform
MSDN in the UK
Visit http://msdn.co.uk NewsletterEventsScreencastsBlogs
Resources
Visit the VSTO Developer Center http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/tool/vsto/default.aspx
VSTO Help documentation on MSDNhttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/d2tx7z6d(vs.90).aspx
VSTO Forumhttp://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=16
VSTO Team Bloghttp://blogs.msdn.com/vsto2
VSTO Design-Time Stack
Visual Studio
Project Templates
IDE Hosting
Item Wizards
WorkflowDocument Solutions
Add-ins RibbonsForm
Regions
SharePoint
Excel, Word, Info Path Excel,
InfoPath, Outlook,
PowerPoint, Visio, Word,
Project
Excel, Outlook,
PowerPoint, Word
OutlookSeparate
IDE
Info Path
VSTO Runtime
VSTO/A Runtime StackOffice Client Host Managed/
Unmanaged Host
Doc Task Pane
Host Item
Controls
Win FormsControls
Doc-Level Solution App-Level Add-in
Custom Ribbon
Custom Task Pane
Custom Form
Region
App-LevelAdd-in
VSTA Integration
Common VSTO/A Runtime
.NET CLRManaged Add-in
Framework (MAF)
AppDomain Management
Deployment and Updating
Security Enforcement
Doc-Level Solution
ClickOnce
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