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Announcement: 4

Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) announcement

  • Link
    New release of VSTO run-time fixes issues
    Cindy Meister MVP Friday, April 18, 2014 5:47 PM

    For details, see the blog article http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vsto/archive/2014/04/10/vsto-runtime-update-to-address-slow-shutdown-and-unknown-publisher-for-sha256-certificates.aspx

    This release fixes:

    1. For VSTO add-ins using WPF controls, customers using touch-enabled
    devices experienced a 15-20 second lag when closing Office applications

    2. for developers using SHA256 code-signing certificates, the installation
    Trust Prompt would erroneously display “Unknown Publisher” even when the
    publisher was fully trusted.

  • Link
    Roadmap for Apps for Office, VSTO, and VBA
    Cindy Meister MVP Tuesday, June 18, 2013 4:40 PM

    Many folks have been asking about the emerging "apps for Office" model, and what it means for the future of VSTO.  Rest assured that VSTO continues to be alive and well.  In fact, many existing automation scenarios continue to be best served by VSTO for now.  At the same time, there are many exciting opportunities to look forward in apps for Office: for example, the ability to better integrate with web content and JavaScript/CSS libraries, support for additional programming languages and platforms, support for host applications beyond the desktop versions of Office, and new distribution, lifecycle management, and monetization opportunities through the Office Store.

    To learn more, please see the blog post:  "Roadmap for Apps for Office, VSTO, and VBA".

  • Link
    Office Tools for Visual Studio 2015
    Cindy Meister MVP Wednesday, March 06, 2013 2:22 PM

    The newest version of Visual Studio - 2015 - is now available.

    The Community edition of Visual Studio also supports "Office Tools", including VSTO and "Apps for Office" templates. Both can be downloaded at
    https://www.visualstudio.com/features/office-tools-vs

    What was new in VS 2013 for Office:

    For VSTO developers in particular, new in this release is the ability to code-sign VSTO solutions with SHA-256 certificates.  The latest release also supports Office 2013 right-out-of-the-box without requiring a separate download, and the Office 2013 templates can now target the latest .NET Framework 4.5.1.

    Visual Studio 2013 also delivers a broad set of tooling for the new apps for Office and apps for SharePoint.  Some highlights include the ability to create MVC SharePoint apps, enhancements around app-publishing, and a new set of tooling around Cloud Business Apps that integrate seamlessly with Office 365 services.  Learn more on the apps for Office and SharePoint blog.

    Tip: 
    Just like Visual Studio 2012, Visual Studio 2013 continues to support the Office 2010 templates.  However, to reduce clutter, we have re-categorized the project templates according to the .NET Framework version that they support.  So, if you're looking for the Office 2010 templates, be sure to adjust the ".NET Framework" dropdown to ".NET Framework 4.0".

    We hope you enjoy Visual Studio 2013 and the many great features that this IDE has to offer!

    ~ Michael Zlatkovsky | Program Manager, Visual Studio Tools for Office & Apps for Office


  • Link
    Documentation for Office 2013 Ribbon controls now available
    Cindy Meister MVP Thursday, January 10, 2013 7:49 AM

    I know the documentation for Office 2013 is still somewhat limited, but hopefully the following link will help.

    Microsoft Office Document: [MS-CustomUI2] Supporting Documentation - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=727

    From here, you should be able to download the *.txt files for Word, Excel and PowerPoint, plus the imageMso information. Once a file is downloaded, it can be opened in Excel to make it easier to look through all the controls.

    Best Regards,
    Nathan O.
    Microsoft Online Community Support

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    Visual Studio Tools for Office FAQ Entry List

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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    Hello, Community members in the Visual Studio Tools for Office Forum, In the passed 2 monthes, our support team worked out a VSTO FAQ. We are ...
    Sticky | 1 Replies | 71539 Views | Created by Ji.Zhou - Sunday, February 08, 2009 1:59 PM | Last reply by vjs2445 - Thursday, February 19, 2009 3:52 PM
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    Deploying Office Solutions to End User Computers

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
      You can deploy Office solutions developed with Visual Studio Tools for Office in several ways. In this thread, find conceptual information to help you decide ...
    Sticky | 2 Replies | 90817 Views | Created by Mary Lee - MSFT - Tuesday, October 21, 2008 4:34 PM | Last reply by Anthony Duguid - Wednesday, September 20, 2017 4:00 AM
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    PLEASE READ NEXT - VSTO Resource List

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    Here is a list of resources you can use to try to find answers to any questions you may have on using VSTO 2010 / 2012 / 2013. There is a wealth of information here, and you’re sure to ...
    Sticky | 1 Replies | 51452 Views | Created by Cindy Meister MVP - Sunday, May 25, 2008 11:25 AM | Last reply by Bryan Phillips - Sunday, October 19, 2008 11:29 PM
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    PLEASE READ FIRST - What is VSTO and non-VSTO resources

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) is a set of tools for the C# and VB.NET developer. It primarily aids in extending the user interface of Office 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 ...
    Sticky | 0 Replies | 90073 Views | Created by Cindy Meister MVP - Sunday, May 25, 2008 10:12 AM
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    Add-in Deployment - VS2017

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    Hi All, I created Outlook add-in and it is working as expected. Problem is in deployment. 1. ClickOnce: By publishing using Click-once deployment ...
    Unanswered | 3 Replies | 153 Views | Created by Sachin0s - Saturday, September 30, 2017 4:04 PM | Last reply by Eugene Astafiev - 7 hours 26 minutes ago
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    AddInAlreadyInstalledException

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
      Hi all,   I'm deploying my Outlook 2007 addin using Click once.   One of my clients get ...
    Answered | 4 Replies | 12911 Views | Created by M O J O - Friday, February 29, 2008 9:47 AM | Last reply by kmenden - Saturday, October 07, 2017 9:56 PM
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    How to handle sort in excel table?

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    Hi, I have a tables which has bunch of data which is bound to a list-object data-source, Data-source is List<My-class>. I am using WorkSheet.Change event to handle edits. Say ...
    Unanswered | 2 Replies | 56 Views | Created by Suresh351994 - Wednesday, October 04, 2017 3:45 PM | Last reply by Suresh351994 - Friday, October 06, 2017 10:35 AM
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    vsto click-once deploy could not be downloaded

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    I am getting an error that my *.vsto could not be downloaded. I thought maybe if I would start a new project the error would go away, but no even with a clean new project without any code I keep ...
    Unanswered | 1 Replies | 72 Views | Created by Eych - Wednesday, October 04, 2017 1:48 PM | Last reply by Celeste Li - Friday, October 06, 2017 8:25 AM
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    How to call a function when custom panels 'x' button is clicked

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    Hey I am having an issue where my ribbon text does not update when a custom panel is closed. I cannot find any handler or anything in my code that is hit when the user clicks the 'x' on top of the ...
    Unanswered | 1 Replies | 53 Views | Created by seamo123 - Thursday, October 05, 2017 4:06 PM | Last reply by Terry X - Friday, October 06, 2017 2:13 AM
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    computer hang up

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    I have a PowerPoint presentation with 1 picture on it. Not a normal inserted picture, but a picture that is linked to a picture file. Then in VSTO I update the content of picture ...
    Answered | 17 Replies | 329 Views | Created by Kurt Dupont - Wednesday, September 13, 2017 6:04 AM | Last reply by Kurt Dupont - Thursday, October 05, 2017 8:51 AM
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    Images and tables from MS word 2017

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    Dear team,           i am developing a tool for MS word office 365.  i have to read the content and upload to server. but i am not ...
    Answered | 3 Replies | 83 Views | Created by mann madhan1 - Saturday, September 30, 2017 1:04 PM | Last reply by Edward Z - Thursday, October 05, 2017 7:03 AM
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    Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel dll for Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    Hello,     Is there a Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel dll for Visual Studio 2017 Community Edition .NET Framework 4.6.1? It is not available in Nuget Package ...
    Discussion | 10 Replies | 190 Views | Created by smasood - Sunday, October 01, 2017 10:43 PM | Last reply by smasood - Wednesday, October 04, 2017 8:38 PM
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    Line Count area of Document

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    I have been working with Word via VSTO.  My application assists engineers commenting against documents and needs to supply a line count.  The Word Line Count is not an accurate number ...
    Unanswered | 4 Replies | 80 Views | Created by FlyinBlind - Monday, October 02, 2017 2:15 PM | Last reply by FlyinBlind - Wednesday, October 04, 2017 2:21 PM
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    VSTO upgrade from Vs2010 to Vs2017 - Published app requires download

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    Target framework for '.NET Framework 4 Client Profile' to '.NET Framework 4.6.1'     Project closed and re-opened as required - No Errors 3. ...
    Proposed | 8 Replies | 196 Views | Created by Tim_Shaf - Friday, September 22, 2017 4:21 PM | Last reply by Celeste Li - Wednesday, October 04, 2017 2:29 AM
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    Does not loaded Excel 2013 add-in by default

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    Options > Add-ins > Disabled Items > Go. No items available. Please provide some solution. 
    Unanswered | 1 Replies | 95 Views | Created by MvijayKumar - Tuesday, October 03, 2017 11:36 AM | Last reply by Celeste Li - Wednesday, October 04, 2017 2:20 AM
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    TaskItem ResponseState does not change

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    Hi, I have requirement where I have to track the Task as assigned,accepted and mark complete. I have added event as ...
    Unanswered | 2 Replies | 204 Views | Created by AgentVinod86 - Thursday, July 27, 2017 9:02 AM | Last reply by AnujaB - Monday, October 02, 2017 9:16 PM
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    Multi level axis in Powerpoint Chart

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    I'm creating a VSTO add-in that among other things is supposed to create a line chart for some annual data. This data contains datapoints on a weekly basis. I would like the horizontal axis ...
    Proposed | 1 Replies | 99 Views | Created by FBH92 - Saturday, September 30, 2017 12:25 AM | Last reply by Celeste Li - Monday, October 02, 2017 7:14 AM
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    Outlook 2016 AddIn Issue

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    I developed a Outlook AddIn in Visual studio 2015,but my code is properly run but my exe have some problem this AddIn property is Inactive please give me a suggestion how to solve this ...
    Unanswered | 1 Replies | 134 Views | Created by Santosh5712 - Saturday, September 30, 2017 9:47 AM | Last reply by Celeste Li - Monday, October 02, 2017 6:14 AM
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    Excel ListObject doesn't update on adding new item in data source.

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    Hi, I am working on vsto addin which uses ListObject to create table. This ListObject is binded to a List<> collection and the data shows up fine. The problem is, when user ...
    Answered | 11 Replies | 166 Views | Created by Suresh351994 - Thursday, September 28, 2017 12:41 PM | Last reply by Celeste Li - Monday, October 02, 2017 6:00 AM
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    Custom Outlook 2016 Add-In with c#

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    On installation of my custom Add-In, i have a successful installation. The problem is the installation keeps running a downloading checking for customization update... I am unsure what this ...
    Unanswered | 2 Replies | 102 Views | Created by Stripes12 - Friday, September 29, 2017 2:05 PM | Last reply by Celeste Li - Monday, October 02, 2017 3:34 AM
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    Event when a row or column is inserted or deleted in Excel

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    Hi, Is there an event in Excel which fires when a row or column is inserted. Similarly is there an event when a row or column is deleted in Worksheet. I ...
    Answered | 8 Replies | 4502 Views | Created by Shailendra_G - Tuesday, January 13, 2009 9:42 PM | Last reply by Praveen Ayyala - Friday, September 29, 2017 8:47 PM
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    Word Add-In use of HomeKey

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    I am trying to port VBA code to an Add-In for MS Word.  I am getting befuddled by the complexity that Add-Ins bring to simple VBA code.  I cannot get this simple VBA to work in ...
    Answered | 2 Replies | 102 Views | Created by FlyinBlind - Thursday, September 28, 2017 6:03 PM | Last reply by FlyinBlind - Friday, September 29, 2017 7:01 PM
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    Unable to cast COM object of Office Interop Word

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    I got this error after update office from 2010 to 2013 Here is the reference i used Here is the ...
    Answered | 9 Replies | 15656 Views | Created by aiyagaze - Monday, March 24, 2014 1:33 AM | Last reply by Stan Ostashewski - Friday, September 29, 2017 3:14 AM
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    How to extract an xml file from a xsn file programtically

    Visual Studio Development
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    Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO)
    Hi, I want to extract InfoPath XML file from InfoPath XSN file programmatically. XML file is successfully created when I open XSN file using InfoPath manually ...
    Unanswered | 2 Replies | 117 Views | Created by Abhijit PS - Tuesday, September 26, 2017 1:08 PM | Last reply by Edward Z - Wednesday, September 27, 2017 9:59 AM
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Announcement: 4

Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) announcement

  • Link
    New release of VSTO run-time fixes issues
    Cindy Meister MVP Friday, April 18, 2014 5:47 PM

    For details, see the blog article http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vsto/archive/2014/04/10/vsto-runtime-update-to-address-slow-shutdown-and-unknown-publisher-for-sha256-certificates.aspx

    This release fixes:

    1. For VSTO add-ins using WPF controls, customers using touch-enabled
    devices experienced a 15-20 second lag when closing Office applications

    2. for developers using SHA256 code-signing certificates, the installation
    Trust Prompt would erroneously display “Unknown Publisher” even when the
    publisher was fully trusted.

  • Link
    Roadmap for Apps for Office, VSTO, and VBA
    Cindy Meister MVP Tuesday, June 18, 2013 4:40 PM

    Many folks have been asking about the emerging "apps for Office" model, and what it means for the future of VSTO.  Rest assured that VSTO continues to be alive and well.  In fact, many existing automation scenarios continue to be best served by VSTO for now.  At the same time, there are many exciting opportunities to look forward in apps for Office: for example, the ability to better integrate with web content and JavaScript/CSS libraries, support for additional programming languages and platforms, support for host applications beyond the desktop versions of Office, and new distribution, lifecycle management, and monetization opportunities through the Office Store.

    To learn more, please see the blog post:  "Roadmap for Apps for Office, VSTO, and VBA".

  • Link
    Office Tools for Visual Studio 2015
    Cindy Meister MVP Wednesday, March 06, 2013 2:22 PM

    The newest version of Visual Studio - 2015 - is now available.

    The Community edition of Visual Studio also supports "Office Tools", including VSTO and "Apps for Office" templates. Both can be downloaded at
    https://www.visualstudio.com/features/office-tools-vs

    What was new in VS 2013 for Office:

    For VSTO developers in particular, new in this release is the ability to code-sign VSTO solutions with SHA-256 certificates.  The latest release also supports Office 2013 right-out-of-the-box without requiring a separate download, and the Office 2013 templates can now target the latest .NET Framework 4.5.1.

    Visual Studio 2013 also delivers a broad set of tooling for the new apps for Office and apps for SharePoint.  Some highlights include the ability to create MVC SharePoint apps, enhancements around app-publishing, and a new set of tooling around Cloud Business Apps that integrate seamlessly with Office 365 services.  Learn more on the apps for Office and SharePoint blog.

    Tip: 
    Just like Visual Studio 2012, Visual Studio 2013 continues to support the Office 2010 templates.  However, to reduce clutter, we have re-categorized the project templates according to the .NET Framework version that they support.  So, if you're looking for the Office 2010 templates, be sure to adjust the ".NET Framework" dropdown to ".NET Framework 4.0".

    We hope you enjoy Visual Studio 2013 and the many great features that this IDE has to offer!

    ~ Michael Zlatkovsky | Program Manager, Visual Studio Tools for Office & Apps for Office


  • Link
    Documentation for Office 2013 Ribbon controls now available
    Cindy Meister MVP Thursday, January 10, 2013 7:49 AM

    I know the documentation for Office 2013 is still somewhat limited, but hopefully the following link will help.

    Microsoft Office Document: [MS-CustomUI2] Supporting Documentation - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=727

    From here, you should be able to download the *.txt files for Word, Excel and PowerPoint, plus the imageMso information. Once a file is downloaded, it can be opened in Excel to make it easier to look through all the controls.

    Best Regards,
    Nathan O.
    Microsoft Online Community Support


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