VSTO Tutorials and Links

Some links to get you started learning VSTO, provided by mike....

There are a number of resources you can tap for further information on Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System (VSTO).

• Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System help documentation
  (In the Visual Studio 2005 Documentation on MSDN)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/d2tx7z6d(en-us,vs.80).aspx

• MSDN Office Developer Center – VSTO Page

http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/vsto/default.aspx

• MSDN Smart Client Developer Center – VSTO Page

http://msdn.microsoft.com/smartclient/understanding/vsto/

• VSTO Blogs

• VSTO Team Blog – http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto2
• Eric Carter (VSTO Team Member) - http://blogs.msdn.com/eric_carter/
• John Durant (VSTO Team Member)-- https://blogs.msdn.com/johnrdurant/default.aspx
• Paul Stubbs (VSTO Team Member) – http://blogs.msdn.com/pstubbs/
• Office Zealot Site (VSTO MVP Chris Kunicki) - http://www.officezealot.com/VSTO/bloghome.aspx
• GotDotNet.com Site – http://blogs.gotdotnet.com

• MSDN On-Demand Webcasts

Here are a few webcasts our team has done just recently. All MSDN webcasts are recorded, so you’ll be able to view them on demand (via the On-Demand Webcasts site) in case you miss the live presentation.

• MSDN Webcast: Overview of Visual Studio Tools for Office, Version 2005 (Level 200)
• MSDN Webcast: Data Binding Relational Data in Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System (Level 200)
• MSDN Webcast: Visual Studio Tools for Office, Version 2005: Programming the Actions Pane (Level 300)

Asking Questions

You can post any questions you have about VSTO on the VSTO Forum and/or the VSTO Newsgroup. VSTO team members and VSTO MVPs monitor these sites and can answer questions as they arise. We do ask, however, that you first check the VSTO Help Documentation to determine whether there is already an answer to your question.

 

Please note that it’s best to post questions regarding topics that are specifically germane to Excel or Word (such as troubleshooting COM, using VBA, Excel/Word installation, etc.) on the Excel or Word newsgroups.

• VSTO Forum

http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=16

• VSTO Newsgroup

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.vsnet.vstools.office

Posting Bugs

You can post any bugs you may find in VSTO on the MSDN Product Feedback Center. To ensure that you’re not posting a duplicate bug, be sure to use the Search option on the main page to determine whether your bug has already been discovered and posted.

• MSDN Product Feedback Center

http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/productfeedback/

Team Contacts

If you have any general questions about VSTO, please feel free to contact these team members.

• BJ Holtgrewe........................ Senior Marketing Manager
• Catherine Heller............................. Technical Evangelist
• Mike Hernandez............... Community Program Manager

 

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