1. Visual Studio 2005 Tools For Office: Creating A Multi-tier Application
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Visual Studio 2005 Tools For Office: Creating A Multi-tier Application
Steven Goulet
Group Program Manager
Microsoft Corporation
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This presentation is for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary.

2. Agenda Enterprise Solutions
Quick overview about Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office capabilities
Demo - Using the solution
Demo - Exploring the architecture
Demo - Exploring the code
Summary

3. Enterprise Solutions
Enterprise solutions require distributed architectures
Multi-tier applications often include:
Web services, business objects, data objects, SQL server
VSTO allows you to combine the power and rich UI of an Office application to the talents of enterprise-level DBMS

4. Contoso Auto Scenario overview
Customers express interest in cars
Choose options
Sales personnel create quotes
Produce financing estimates
Sales personnel create to-do tasks and schedule appointments
Sales Manager
Sales Associate
Customer

5. The Solution VSTO Multi-tiered Architecture
User Interface in Word, Excel, Outlook
Business Logic in client code and SQL Stored Procedures
DataSet / Table Adapter abstraction layer
SQL Server Storage layer

6. Solution Components 4 VSTO Projects 1 SQL Database
2 Word Document Customizations
1 Excel Document Customization
1 Outlook Add-in
1 SQL Database
9 Tables
2 Stored Procedures

7. Exploring The Solution
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Exploring The Solution
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8. Visual Studio Tools For Office Tools employed in Demo
Word
Managed code access to Word OM
Custom task pane: Actions Pane
Custom control
Excel
Managed code access to Excel OM
Custom ListObject control
Custom NamedRange control
Outlook
Managed code access to Outlook OM
Outlook add-in framework

9. Exploring The Architecture

10. Exploring The Code Word Excel Outlook add-in with Windows forms
Document with .NET assembly
Actions pane
Excel
Spreadsheet with .NET assembly
Outlook add-in with Windows forms
SQL Server database

11. Exploring The Code 1/17/2019 8:59 PM
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12. For More Information MSDN® Developer Centers VSTO Forum
VSTO section of the Office Developer Center
VSTO section of the Smart Client Developer Center
VSTO Forum
VSTO Help documentation on MSDN
VSTO Resources – This is a list of valuable VSTO-related resources that we’ve posted on our Forum

13. © 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
1/17/2019 8:59 PM
© 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
This presentation is for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary.
© 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
This presentation is for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary.

14. 1/17/2019 8:59 PM © 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
This presentation is for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary.