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File Name: VSTOBetaDownload.exe - Download Size: 1063 KB - Date Published: 4/11/2003 - Version: 1.0
Overview
Visual Studio Tools for Office is the code name for a new technology that will bring the power and productivity of Visual Studio and the Microsoft .NET Framework to business solutions built on Microsoft Office Word 2003 and Microsoft Office Excel 2003. With this technology, developers using Visual Studio 2003 can use Visual Basic and Visual C# to write code behind Word- and Excel-based applications.
Visual Studio Tools for Office combine the productivity and power of Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework with the extensibility and programmability of Office 2003. Visual Studio developers will have the tools they need to create a new generation of applications built on Office that take advantage of familiar user interfaces, robust security, easy deployment, and complete support for XML and Web services.
Download: Visual Studio Tools for Office Beta
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This is BETA software!, please use caution when installing it on your system
File Name: VSTOBetaDownload.exe - Download Size: 1063 KB - Date Published: 4/11/2003 - Version: 1.0
Overview
Visual Studio Tools for Office is the code name for a new technology that will bring the power and productivity of Visual Studio and the Microsoft .NET Framework to business solutions built on Microsoft Office Word 2003 and Microsoft Office Excel 2003. With this technology, developers using Visual Studio 2003 can use Visual Basic and Visual C# to write code behind Word- and Excel-based applications.
Visual Studio Tools for Office combine the productivity and power of Visual Studio .NET and the .NET Framework with the extensibility and programmability of Office 2003. Visual Studio developers will have the tools they need to create a new generation of applications built on Office that take advantage of familiar user interfaces, robust security, easy deployment, and complete support for XML and Web services.
System Requirements
Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000, Windows XP
Visual Studio .NET 2003
Microsoft Office System Beta 2 Kit 2003
The following software is required to install Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Tools for Office Beta on a development computer:
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), installed with Microsoft Windows XP or Microsoft Windows 2000 (optional, but required by some of the sample Office solutions).
Visual Studio .NET 2003.
The Visual Basic .NET language and/or the Visual C# .NET language, installed with Visual Studio .NET 2003.
The MSDN Library installed during Visual Studio .NET Setup, or during an update using Add or Remove Programs (required for installing the Help content).
Microsoft Office 2003, Beta edition.
Office 2003 Beta edition primary interop assemblies, installed with the Complete installation option during Office setup.
Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine (MSDE) installed from the Office 2003 beta edition installation media (optional, but required by some of the sample Office solutions).
Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) 2.6, Service Pack 2 (optional, but required by some of the sample Office solutions). Later Service Packs will not work with some of the samples. You can download MDAC 2.6 SP2 Refresh from the MSDN Data Access Technologies Web page.

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