September 2004 - Posts

COM Shim Wizard - Microsoft Helps, but I'm Still Torn
29 September 04 11:18 AM | chris | 0 Comments   

A few days ago a great article titled Isolating Office Extensions with the COM Shim Wizard was published on MSDN from three geeks I respect ( Andrew Whitechapel , Misha Shneerson, Siew Moi Khor). This article explains how to isolate Microsoft Office extensions Read More...

Fighting Comment Spam - Here is the Code
24 September 04 12:24 PM | chris | 0 Comments   

A few weeks ago I blogged about efforts we have been taking here at OfficeZealot.com to fight comment spam. I've received many request for information about how we modified .TEXT to provide this capability. My brother Jesse who actually modified .TEXT Read More...

New Toolkit for Research Services Development
17 September 04 04:35 PM | chris | 0 Comments   

I’m excited to report about several exciting developments regarding research services development. If you don’t already know it, research services are one of my favorite Office 2003 developer technologies. That is why we sponsor a Research Services Zone Read More...

MapPoint Developer Center Open for Business
15 September 04 07:51 AM | chris | 0 Comments   

Well the MapPoint Developer Center is live on MSDN. This is a welcome venture for the MapPoint team. They have an amazing set of products that I think few people understand. Reaching out to developers on MSDN is a smart move. Read More...

Lightweight XML Editing in Word 2003
13 September 04 06:52 PM | chris | 0 Comments   

Evan Lenz has a new article out on Lightweight XML Editing in Word 2003 that discusses using Word's XSLT transforming capabilities. Read More...

VSTO Discussed on the .NET Show on MSDN
09 September 04 10:28 AM | chris | 0 Comments   

This week the .NET show on MSDN is discussing Smart Client technology. I was excited to see KD Hallman being interviewed about VSTO. She discusses what it is and why the product is needed. There are a few interesting theoritical discussions in this interview: Read More...

VSTO 2005 Samples Update
08 September 04 08:02 AM | chris | 0 Comments   

I meant to blog about this a while back and forgot. The Visual Studio Tools for Office team updated their VSTO 2005 beta demos after beta 1 released. If you have experienced any issues with getting the shipping ones to work, check out the updated code Read More...

Proof that John Durant has a Bizarre Brain
04 September 04 04:28 PM | chris | 0 Comments   

First off, let me just start by saying that John Durant is a long time friend (and a co-author on my new book project). Even so, he is one of the most brilliant and bizarre technologist I know. He has this weird knack for combining technologies that don't Read More...

Could BlogJet Be Any More Buggy? Great Idea, Needs Help
03 September 04 12:33 PM | chris | 0 Comments   

This November I will have been officially blogging for 1 year. Though I'd argue it has been longer as I have been writing personal opinion pieces on OfficeZealot.com for many years. Through out that time period I have experimented with many forms of content Read More...

Microsoft Office Document Designer and a New Blogger
02 September 04 12:45 PM | chris | 0 Comments   

I just finished reading an interesing book called Microsoft Office Document Designer: Your Easy-to-Use Toolkit and Complete How-To Source for Professional-Quality Documents by Stephanie Krieger . I don't usually read Office books intended for the average Read More...

New Smart Tag Toolkit Available for Developers on MSDN
01 September 04 11:28 AM | chris | 0 Comments   

Yesterday John Durant announced the availability of a new Office 2003 Smart Tag Developers Toolkit . I was involved with the toolkit and already know from the beta process that the toolkit is immensily useful. This toolkit should also be of special interest Read More...