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Integrating Windows Presentation Foundation and Windows Communication Foundation into Your Office Business Applications

Tim HuckabyCEO, InterKnowlogyMicrosoft RD & MVP

Session Code: OFC304

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About…InterKnowlogy (www.InterKnowlogy.com)● Tim Huckaby, CEO - (TimHuck@InterKnowlogy.com)

● Custom App Dev / Consulting / Software & Systems Engineering Firm headquartered in Carlsbad, CA

● Microsoft Gold Partner managed in SoCal and Redmond● Design, Architect, Build and Deploy enterprise class applications ● Industry Experts:

90% of the company is publishedMicrosoft .NET Application development since 2000!Microsoft .NET Smart Client pioneers / industry leadersInformation Worker Solutions (VSTO & SharePoint)Integration / Messaging, B2B / B2C, Wireless / Mobility Microsoft BizTalk, Web Services, Microsoft Active Directory, Security, SSO, Authorization, AuthenticationCutting Edge Solutions on emerging Microsoft technologiesLargest Client: Microsoft

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Designing, Building and Deploying OBAs that leverage WPF and WCF

Demos: Document Solutions for Excel and Word Add-in Solutions in Outlook

Guidance on how to get immediately effective in VSTO, WPF and WCF

VSTO, WPF and WCF…Why?

Session Objectives And Agenda

Guidance on Where to Go Next…

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Makes Office a valuable, first-class project type in Visual StudioEnables developers to create & extend Office Business ApplicationsEnables developers to leverage key Office UI features and support collaboration and workflowProvides Office developers with the benefits and advantages of the Visual Studio professional development environment Enables developers to leverage existing programming skillsDevelopers can leverage their company’s current investment inOffice 2003 Pro and new investment in 2007 Office system

VSTO is the Tool for Building OBAsVSTO enables developers to leverage Visual Studio and the Microsoft Office platform to build scalable line-of-business solutions in .NET based on Microsoft Office

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Office Application Solutions (Add-In)

Document-Centric Solutions

Office Client Development With VSTO2 Common Application Models

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The Actions Pane

Document Actions task paneSpecific task pane available to document customizations (new in Word and Excel 2003+)

Actions PaneProgrammable object exposed by VSTO 2005 from Excel Workbook and Word Document classesFully encapsulates an implementation of Ismart DocumentProvides a Windows Forms-based programming model for accessing the Document Actions task pane

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VSTO Excel And WPF

Tim HuckabyInterKnowlogy CEOMicrosoft RD & MVP

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What the heck is XAML?

Separates the front-end from the back-endSimple declarative programming language suitable for constructing and initializing .NET ObjectsUsually the most concise way to represent user interfaces (or other hierarchies of objects)Doesn’t need a compile to renderThe language that almost all WPF related tools emit

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Outlook 2007 Form Regions New technology in Outlook 2007 for enhancing and replacing Outlook’s built-in formsAdjoining and Separate regions for both custom and built-in formsReplacement and Replace-all regions for custom formsForms Designer in Outlook Many new controls allow duplication of built-in forms; they are themed and support databindingCode behind form regions is implemented via COM add-in

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VSTO Outlook And WPF

Tim HuckabyInterKnowlogy CEOMicrosoft RD & MVP

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What the Heck is WPF?…and why do we need it?

It’s .NET!All the goodness of Developer Productivity

Built on Top of Direct 3DConverted to 3D triangles, textures and other Direct3D objects & then rendered by hardwareBenefits of hardware acceleration & perf due to work being off-loaded to GPUs (unlike GDI based systems)Ensures the maximum benefit of new hardware and driversSoftware rendering pipeline as fallback

Declarative programmingBringing designers directly into application development

Ease of deploymentAllowing administrators to deploy and manage applications securely

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VSTO Excel And WPFAdventureWorks VSTO excel with wpf user control

Tim HuckabyInterKnowlogy CEOMicrosoft RD & MVP

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What the Heck is WCF?Framework for connecting distributed applicationsPart of .NET 3.0Enables building SOA applicationsImplements WS-* standardsSingle API that supports the capabilities of:

.NET RemotingASP.NET Web ServicesEnterprise Services (COM+)MSMQ

Messaging subsystem at its coreSOAP messages

Does not necessarily mean XML/Text!

Interoperability with:Enterprise ServicesASMX / Web Services 1.0 servicesAny WS-* compliant web serviceMSMQ applications

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VSTO Word, WCF and WPF

Tim HuckabyInterKnowlogy CEOMicrosoft RD & MVP

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Why WCF?Flexibility

You can change your mind about wire level communication protocols, security model, and many other facets without changing your source code

MaintainabilityOne API for all forms of remote communication, don’t need to learn multiple technology stacks

PowerAll the capabilities of other remoting APIs rolled into oneInteroperability and SOA enabled in ways the other technologies never considered

SimplicityOn par with other remoting technologies if you just need simple remote callsIncrementally more complex as you start to take advantage of more complex features

Features which the other technologies may not have

Gotchas, Tips & TricksTip: You are going to need more tools than just Visual Studio .NET when building WPF solutions:

Microsoft Expression BlendMicrosoft Expression Designer (or it’s competitor)XAML Pad or XAML Cruncher

Gotcha: when building a VSTO application DO NOT COMPILE IN BLEND – you will “hose” your design time. VSTO apps won’t run from Blend anyway…Tip: If you don’t have artistic talent, then don’t try to create WPF styles….there are plenty of WPF Style samples in XAML source on the web to “leverage”.Gotcha: if you are going to build outlook Add-Ins then use a VPC…or else you’ll be cleaning the registry from a zillion compiles.

Product Team BlogsEric Carter: .NET4Office http://blogs.msdn.com/eric_carter/Peter Torr: Office Development, Security, Randomness… http://blogs.msdn.com/ptorr/Eric Lippert: Fabulous Adventures in Coding http://blogs.msdn.com/EricLippert Paul Stubbs: Office Development with .NET http://blogs.msdn.com/pstubbs/VSTO Team Blog http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto/

Newsgroups

VSTOmicrosoft.public.vsnet.vstools.officeMSDN Forums: VSTO http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowForum.aspx?ForumID=16&SiteID=1

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Additional Information

MSDN Developer Centers VS.NET and Office Development http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/office/ Office Development http://msdn.microsoft.com/office

Hands-on Labs for VSTO 2005 http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f2323aaf-fe87-4203-9ed8-72466566e105&displaylang=en

VSTO 2005 Web casts http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/vsto/multimedia/default.aspx

Resources

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

VSTO-related blogsVSTO-related Blog Search – http://search.live.com/macros/pstubbs/vsto Office Zealot Site – http://www.officezealot.com/VSTO/bloghome.aspx

For More Information

Visit the VSTO Developer Centerhttp://msdn.microsoft.com/office/tool/vsto/default.aspx

VSTO Help documentation on MSDNhttp://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/d2tx7z6d(en-us,vs.80).aspx

Office Object Model Reference

Excel Object Model Referencehttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb149081.aspx

Outlook Object Model Referencehttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb176619.aspx

PowerPoint Object Model Referencehttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb251394.aspx

Visio Automation Object Model Referencehttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa730930.aspx

Word Object Model Referencehttp://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb244515.aspx

SummaryVSTO is the key enabler for the .NET stack to build Office Business Applications● Connect documents to live business data● Provide structure using XML Schemas ● Provide deeper UI integration using the

Document Actions task pane● Integrated design-time experience● Developer productivity through

programming model enhancements● All the power of Visual Studio and the .NET FrameworkWPF and WCF are natural additions to your Enterprise Office Business Applications● Custom, Integrated, Professional-looking Uis within the Office Client

applications● Distributed Office Applications that are Flexible, Powerful, Simple &

Maintainable

Tim Huckaby, InterKnowlogy

More info on InterKnowlogy:www.InterKnowlogy.com

Contact me: Tim HuckabyE-mail: TimHuck@InterKnowlogy.comor v-TimHu@Microsoft.comPhone: 760-444-8640Blog: http://blogs.InterKnowlogy.com/TimHuckaby

About Tim HuckabyCEO, InterKnowlogyMicrosoft® Regional Director – Southern CaliforniaMicrosoft® .NET Partner Advisory Council Founder / MemberMicrosoft® MVP - .NETMicrosoft® Surface Partner Advisory CouncilINETA Speaker – International .NET Users Group AssociationWindows and .NET Magazine Advisory Board Member.NET Developers Journal Magazine Advisory Board MemberAuthor / Speaker

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PowerPoint Guidelines

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