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Book Description
Professional Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office satisfies the need to write enterprise software based on Office by delivering practical solutions for those seeking to port existing functionality to VSTO. The book focuses on code and implementation, not theory, with code examples presented in both VB and C#.
The book is especially written for enterprise developers - VBA or COM Interop savvy - who need to leverage the power and productivity of VSTO today. .NET developers seeking to explore VSTO as a potential solution will also find ample material that suits their needs.
This book covers VSTO 2005 in detail. The approach focuses on the major components that form the suite with the exception that InfoPath is not covered. All other components benefit from an exploration of the key objects that are most likely to be used in common programming scenarios. This book is organized into chapters that present the building blocks of VSTO first. Microsoft Excel and its Range objects form the cornerstone of range manipulation across the VSTO suite. For that reason, the first few chapters explain these basic concepts. Subsequent chapters use these building blocks as a starting point so it is important to be familiar with these concepts before skipping to the back of the book.
Once you gain a complete understanding of the Excel Range object in Chapters 2 and 3, you can apply that knowledge to the remaining chapters. In fact, Microsoft Word, Charts and Pivot Table manipulation are all based on the Excel Range object. (VSTO contains a potent charting engine second to none. And this book explores every facet of charting.) The obvious benefit of this clever architecture is that it significantly reduces the learning curve for those who wish to adopt this relatively new technology. And this book is designed to show you how to exploit this architecture.
What you will learn from this book
- Maximizing Office 2003's power and flexibility in enterprise software
- Automating Office objects from Visual Studio and Windows Console applications
- Extracting functionality and performance from Word and Excel
- Creating exciting Excel charts and powerful PivotTable® reports
- Avoiding common pitfalls while porting VBA code to VSTO as well as work-arounds to technical limitations in the Office API
Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Wrox (May 8, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN: 0471788139
Wrox作为计算机编程类图书的专业出版商,在读者心目中一向是高质量的代表,其开发者社区也聚集着全世界范围的大量的开发人员。Wrox作为一家极具特色的计算机图书出版商,有了一个归宿,而且还能保持原来的特色,实是读者的大幸。Wiley是美国出版界的百年老字号,创始于1807年,专长于科学,技术,医学,以及高等教育书籍的出版发行。