Learn to build custom Office applications with this new Microsoft development tool Designed to attract both VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) and Visual Studio developers, VSTO (Visual Studio Tools for Office) is a Visual Studio add-in that makes it easy to create custom Office applications. This book shows developers step by step how to work with VSTO tools to create real-world applications for Word, Outlook, and Excel.VSTO enables developers to easily create custom applications for Microsoft Office In the fun and friendly For Dummies style, this book explains how to build effective user interfaces and integrate VSTO applications with Sharepoint and other Microsoft server products All code is presented in Visual Basic, making the book accessible to both VB and VBA programmers VSTO For Dummies will get you up and running with this exciting technology quickly and easily.
Yeah, here I am reading a decade-old book on an outdated technology. I have to do some maintenance work on an old Outlook plug-in, so I thought I should read up on VSTO. This book is actually a pretty good intro to the topic. So if you too need to do some work on an old VSTO project, buying a used copy of this book might help you.