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I thought that I should flag for the new diagnostic tool, AddInSpy, from MSFT. I have only started out to test it but I already like what I see. It can be a valuable source to detect present status for individual COM add-ins of all kind, i.e. managed, VSTO and unmanaged and provide a great number of...
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When we install new software we usually are given the options to either install it to “Everyone” or “Just Me”. Under normal conditions this is not an issue but suppose that we only want to install the software to either the person (”Just Me”) who installs it or to...
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At present my time table does not permit me to explore new things so I have postponed delving into some areas to the next year.
However, in some cases I have made some research to get access to interesting sources and tools which I hope will help me out. LINQ is one area that is of high interest which...
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A new and time consuming project keeps me busy so at present I don’t have the time to post here on a regular basis. Anyway, the following links points to several recently published articles by MSFT. Finally, the version 1.0 of Open XML Format SDK is released. It provides us with new tools to interact...
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Nowadays it’s a common task to retrieve data from databases and put the data into MS Excel. The acquired data is usually part of the information in decision processes. The data that is stored in databases are either collected automatically or manually. The process of collecting data manually can...
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Introduction
After the release of .NET Co Library I immediately received some inputs indicating that the add-in does not work with Excel 2003 on Windows Vista. For some unknown reasons, at least for me, this configuration was not tested before I released the add-in. (It was tested on Windows Vista where...
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UAC stands for User Account Control and is the new technology in Windows Vista to provide users with different level of administrative rights and privileges. UAC main purpose is to support a more secured environment then what Windows XP offers.
Microsoft has a good white paper that covers UAC in detail...