Here is a list of resources you can use to try to find answers to any questions you may have on using VSTO. There is a wealth of information here, and you??e sure to discover a lot of content that pertains to what you??e trying to do.

 

If you can?? seem to find what you??e looking for or still think you need some guidance or advice, then please feel free to post your question or issue in the forum.

Product-specific

Visual Studio Tools for Office Developer Portal on MSDN

http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/tool/vsto/

 

VSTO 2005 Features and System Requirements

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/vsto/details/default.aspx

 

VSTO 2005 Guided Tour (Visual Studio 2005 Professional Guided Tour Site)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/tour/vs2005_guided_tour/VS2005pro/Smart_Client/VSTO_Overview.htm

 

VSTO 2005 On-line Documentation (MSDN Library)

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/d2tx7z6d(en-us,vs.80).aspx

 

Access Developer Extensions (ADE)

The ADE is included with the VSTO 2005 standalone product. You can review specific details on the ADE here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/program/access/2003/extension/

 

MSDN Subscriptions Site

VSTO 2005 is included in the Premium and Professional subscriptions. This page shows a comparison of these subscriptions.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/subscriptions/chart/

Further Information

Here are some other resources you can tap for further information on VSTO 2005.

 

         VSTO Blogs

Technical Articles and Books

What?? New in VSTO 2005

http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/vsto/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/odc_vsto2005_ta/html/officewhatsnewinvsto2005.asp

 

VSTO Deployment

These whitepapers are interrelated, so be sure to review both of them.

         Overview

http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/odc_vsto2005_ta/html/officevstowindowsinstalleroverview.asp

 

         Walkthrough

http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/default.aspx?pull=/library/en-us/odc_vsto2005_ta/html/officevstowindowsinstallerwalkthrough.asp

 

Complete list of VSTO technical articles on MSDN

http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/understanding/vsto/articles/

 

Visual Studio Tools for Office: Using C# with Excel, Word, Outlook, and InfoPath  This is a book written by VSTO team members Eric Carter and Eric Lippert.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321334884/

Reporting Bugs or Submitting Feature Requests

Please report any bugs you find on the MSDN Product Feedback Center. To ensure that you??e not posting a duplicate bug, be sure to use the Search option on the main page to determine whether your bug has already been discovered and posted.

 

You may also submit feature requests here, too. You can help us track these requests by using this title format: "FEATURE REQUEST: <one-line request description>". You can then provide further details in the Problem Statement section of the suggestion form.

Visual Studio and .NET Framework Feedback

http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback 

[edit: changed URL from old Feedback Center to Microsoft Connect]