New VSTO Features Help You Customize Word And Outlook

摘要

The 2007 Microsoft~® Office system has evolved into a robust business application platform that you can use to build and deploy a range of Office Business Applications (OBAs). OBAs are an emerging class of applications that address real-world and critical business problems. You can build them by seamlessly integrating existing Office software and services (Microsoft Office Word, Excel~® Services and SharePoint~® Server) with line-of-business (LOB) systems such as SAP. Couple the power and extensibility of the Office system with the upcoming release of Visual Studio~® later this year (code-named "Orcas") and you have an extremely strong marriage of technology. In this article, we focus on how professional developers can use Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System (VSTO) to build powerful custom applications against the 2007 Microsoft Office system.