This is the slide I\'ve presented on ISV Innovation Day event hosted by Microsoft Indonesia. I spoke about options to develop business solutions on top of Office 2010, and new features in VS 2010.

1. Office Development
in Visual Studio 2010
Microsoft Indonesia, March 18, 2010
Andri Yadi | a@dycode.com
CEO, DyCode | Microsoft MVP, VSTO
http://geeks.netindonesia.net/blogs/andriyadi

2. 500,000,000
users on the planet
* office-watch.com

3. 7.5%
of world population
* office-watch.com

4. 1%
12%
2%
78%
Microsoft Office WordPerfect OpenOffice Apple iWork
* http://www.webmasterpro.de/portal/news/2010/02/05/international-openoffice-market-shares.html

5. Do you get the idea?

6. Huge user base
Familiarity of Office applications
Fluent UI
Easy to extend

7. Let’s see some demo

8. Sales Tracking, a POC by DyCode

9. Microsoft Dynamics CRM

10. Fractal Edge Excel Integration

11. > Productivity Tools

12. Unified solutions platform
for building Office Business
Applications

14. So, what’s the option?

15. Server and Services connectivity
- Line of business connectivity with BCS
- Web Services & Standards-based interoperability
- Integrate with hosted and on-premises SharePoint
- Evolved developer platform solutions
with new services and Data-oriented development
extensibility - Open XML SDK
- Word, Excel, Access, Project, Visio, InfoPath
- Connected cloud and on- Services
premises services to a - Built on SharePoint Platform Services
common Office PC, phone Improved Office Development Experience
and browser user - Fluent UI & Backstage Programmability
experience
- Easier management with Visual Studio 2010 & .NET
- Developer tools for all skill- 4.0
levels, from Access to VBA - Application Compatibility Program
and Visual Studio Development tools for everyone
- Simplified InfoPath design
- Access applications published to Web
- Access application usability/design improvements
- Continued commitment to Visual Basic for
Applications (VBA)

16. UI Extensibility

17. Backstage View
It’s all about your document
What you can do with your
document
Programmable

18. Backstage - Anatomy

19. Backstage View ext.
Add new custom tab
Specify layout in custom tab
Hide, disable built-in tabs

20. RibbonX Customization
Add/remove/move/activate Tabs
Add/remove/move Groups
Create custom groups with built-in
or custom commands
“High-Density Layout” for custom groups
Save and load customizations from a file

21. RibbonX - Tab Activation
Programmatically activate a tab
IRibbonUI.ActivateTab(String TabID)
IRibbonUI.ActivateTabMso(“TabAddIns”)
RibbonCollection.Ribbon1.RibbonUI.Acti
vateTab("MyCustomTab")

22. RibbonX - Group Scaling
Built-in Ribbon groups change layout as
window resizes
In Office 2010, autoScale property can be
set on a custom group
<group id=“Wheel" autoScale="true">

23. <customUI ...>
<ribbon> ... </ribbon>
<contextMenus> Context Menu
<contextMenu idMso="MenuCell"> Extensibility
<button id="ButtonRefresh” .../> It’s customizable
</contextMenu> New control types supported
</contextMenus>
</customUI>

24. Backward compatibility (Office
2007)
Improved C#
Improved deployment
!"#"
More supports on SharePoint +
Office 2010 integration

25. Deployment
VSTOR PIA
!"#" Targeting to .NET Framework
3.5 Full/Client or 4.0 Full/Client

26. Resources
• Office developer center:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office
• Office 2010 developer center:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/
ee513173.aspx
• VSTO team blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto/
• How do I video: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/
vsto/dd164303.aspx
• Office UI Control ID: http://go.microsoft.com/
fwlink/?LinkID=181052
• Open XML Developer: http://openxmldeveloper.org

27. Q&A

28. DyCode
www.dycode.com | office@dycode.com
Dynamic IT Solutions for Optimal Business Value