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February 2008 - Posts

VSTO PowerTools Documentation

Posted Monday, February 25, 2008 1:25 PM by maarten
If you are struggling to get the VSTO PowerTools to work make sure that you go and read the documents placed in the installation directory (C:\Program Files\Microsoft VSTO Power Tools 1.0). I don't think I was given the option to select a directory so Read More...
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Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Office System Power Tools v1.0.0.0

Posted Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:16 PM by maarten
Today a set of 9 powertools are released for download: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=46B6BF86-E35D-4870-B214-4D7B72B02BF9&displaylang=en Ever get tired of typing all the 'missing' parameters when developing Office applications Read More...
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Dreamspark - Free Microsoft software for students

Posted Tuesday, February 19, 2008 9:44 PM by maarten
Microsoft created a new student initiative called DreamSpark where students are able to download Microsoft developer and design tools at no charge. In order to get the software the student is asked to establish or verify the student status every 12 months. Read More...
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ODC2008 Videos - Office Developer Heroes

Posted Saturday, February 16, 2008 10:24 AM by maarten
At the ODC2008 a couple of funny videos did show on the big screens between the keynote speeches: Video: ODC2008 User Experience Person Video: ODC2008 VBA Macro Guy Video: ODC2008 Swag Guy Video: ODC2008 Architect Guy Video: ODC2008 Developer Guy Read More...
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Office Developer Conference 2008 Day 1

Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2008 4:31 PM by maarten
Bill Gates, chairman of the Microsoft Corp, opened the Office Developer Conference here in San Jose by first showing his 'last day at the office' video. After the video he talked about Office. I was again surprised about the level of detail in his talk Read More...
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Office Developer Conference 2008 - Preconference Sessions

Posted Monday, February 11, 2008 4:01 AM by maarten
The Pre-Conference sessions at the Microsoft Office System Developer Conference 2008 in San Jose are now behind us. For me there was not much new here for this first day as the sessions I had scheduled (a subject I knew nothing about so I was looking Read More...
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Vista SP1 RTM

Posted Monday, February 04, 2008 2:09 PM by maarten
And there it is.... Microsoft released Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista to manufacturing (RTM) for the first set of languages (English, French, Spanish, German and Japanese). http://windowsvistablog.com/blogs/windowsvista/archive/2008/02/04/announcing-the-rtm-of-windows-vista-sp1.aspx Read More...
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Yahoo! Download your Microsoft VSTO Runtime 3.0 today!

Posted Saturday, February 02, 2008 12:46 AM by maarten
February 1st Microsoft announced that they proposed acquisition of Yahoo! for $31 per share, a transaction valued at approximately $44.6 billion in cash and stock that provides 62 percent premium to current trading price for Yahoo! shareholders, but that's Read More...
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