VSTO (SE) ED RICHARD SOFTWARE OBJECTIVES Context sensitive data and panes

Office 2003  Introduction of Document Action Pane

VSTO 2005  First VSTO version  For Office 2003 primarily  Custom Document Actions Pane

VSTO 2005 SE  Support for Office 2007  Ribbon  Application level Task Panes

Task Panes for:  Microsoft Office Access 2007  Microsoft Office Excel 2007  Microsoft Office InfoPath 2007  Microsoft Office Outlook 2007  Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007  Microsoft Office Word 2007

Task Pane Behaviour  Document Level – per single doc  Template based  Outlook -> Inspector based

Basics of a Custom TP  User Controls  Management  Positioning  Stackorder

Context Sensitivity  Use a Schema  Controls  Events

TP’s in Outlook  Makes sense in various places  Today: Focus on Inspectors  Configuration and Ribbon

The End  MSDN Articles (see notes)  VSTO For Mere Mortals Kathleen McGrath Paul Stubbs 