From the monthly archives:

July 2008

VSTO: VBA and VSTO

July 30, 2008Link

As part of my preparation for presenting on VSTO (download slides here) at SBTUG this week I was asked a number of questions about how VBA and VSTO fit together. Things like: Is VSTO the VBA replacement? How do VSTO and VBA fit together? What is the benefit of learning VSTO?
10 million VBA developers?
They’re important [...]

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VSTO: More on VS2008 SP1 enhancements

July 28, 2008Link

More on the upcoming SP1 enhancements for VSTO: Eric Carter delves into some of the finer details, specifically with regard to using Word document level (and Excel workbook level) functionality in Application level add-ins.
Also, in case you weren’t aware of the .NET Framework Client profile, here’s a quick rundown of what is included (thanks [...]

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SBTUG: This Wed 30 July 2008 – Demo Fest, Office Business Applications + VSTO

July 27, 2008Main

This Wednesday at the Sydney Business & Technology User Group (SBTUG) is looking really good with five demos scheduled. Yes, five! And I think we can still squeeze in one more if there’s anyone still undecided…
When: This Wed 30 July 2008

Time: 6pm (until approx 8:30pm)
Where: Microsoft, North Ryde
Contact: Craig Bailey : 0413 489 [...]

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OBA: Office Business Applications resources

July 27, 2008Main

Following on from my overview of Office Business Applications, here’s a quick list of resources if you are interested in learning more.
In general I feel that Microsoft has done a poor job of projecting a clear, consistent message about OBA. The result is a mess of various interlinking sites that offer only surface-level answers. Getting [...]

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VSTO: VS2008 SP1 enhancements

July 26, 2008Link

I’m putting together the final list of resources for my OBA and VSTO presentation at SBTUG this Wednesday, and I realised there’s plenty of VSTO news that I haven’t linked to of late (here’s my normal VSTO feed if you’re interested). That certainly needs to be remedied, so brace yourself for a few ‘better late [...]

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COMMUNITY: SQL Code Camp – October 11 & 12, 2008

July 26, 2008Community

Just a quick note to mention SQL Code Camp (organized by Greg Low) coming up later this year in October .
I’ve been to all the Code Camps and SQL Code Camp except one (I missed the very first SQL one) and heartily recommend them. I’ve given my general views on Code Camp in the past, [...]

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CLARITY: Office Business Applications (OBA)

July 26, 2008Clarity

Office Business Applications is a term getting bandied about a fair bit these days.
What is it exactly? Well, answers differ, and you’d be forgiven if you thought it was as simple as using Office to build Applications for use in Business.
The purpose of this post is to try to get some simple high [...]

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VFP: VFPx and Southwest Fox

July 11, 2008Main

It’s been a little while since I visited the VFPx site – and boy is it coming along nicely. (For those that don’t know VFPx is the open source add-on community for Visual FoxPro)
I like how they’ve categorised all the projects by Release type: Production, Release Candidate, Beta, Alpha, etc. VFPx is the place to [...]

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