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January 2007 - Posts

• How to examine code and write a class with EnvDTE

  Found a helpful post demonstrating how to navigate a code file and write a class using the EnvDTE. http://mikehadlow.blogspot.com/2006/09/how-to-examine-code-and-write-class.html Read More...

  Posted Tuesday, January 30, 2007 10:36 AM by Gary | 0 Comments

• Office (2007) UI is available, royalty-free

  For software vendors who wish to incorporate the 2007 Microsoft Office User Interface into their own products, or for component vendors who wish to build Office UI components for use by other software vendors, Microsoft is now offering a royalty-free Read More...

  Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 12:48 PM by Gary | 0 Comments

  Filed under: Office UI, Ribbon

• Refactoring the ShapeApp MacroRecorder

  As the ShapeAppAdvancedCSharp sample demonstrates, CodeDom offers a generalized representation of source code that works nicely with VSTA (ie: IVstaProjectHostItem.AddMethod()) and the DTE (ie: DTE.Solution.SolutionBuild.Build()). With this approach, Read More...

  Posted Thursday, January 18, 2007 4:10 PM by Gary | 0 Comments

  Filed under: Refactoring, Macro Recorder

• Deploying VSTA-enabled on earlier WinOS versions (previous to WinXP, SP2)

  Question: The VSTA walkthrough specifies Windows XP (SP2) or later as operating system. Is it strictly necessary? Many ISV's customers still use earlier Windows Operating Systems like Windows 2000. Can these customers use a VSTA-enabled application? Answer: Read More...

  Posted Monday, January 08, 2007 12:16 PM by Gary | 0 Comments

  Filed under: WinOS versions, System requirements