Microsoft this week released a beta version of Visual Studio 2005 Tools
for the 2007 Microsoft Office System, enabling developers to leverage
new features in the upcoming Office package.
The official name of the beta release is the Visual Studio 2005
Tools for Office Second Edition Beta; the product is being referred to
as a second edition because the existing edition works with Office 2003.
Previously code-named "Cypress," the beta serves as an add-in for Visual Studio available
for free to all Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition and Visual
Studio Tools for Office 2005 users. The Cypress beta is being unveiled
in coordination with a refresh of the beta for the 2007 Office System.
"VSTO 2005 SE (Visual Studio Tools for Office 2005 Second Edition)
gives developers the power to take advantage of the 2007 Office System
as a development platform and create scalable Office-based solutions,"
said KD Hallman, general manager, Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft
Office System, in her blog.
Developers using the beta get add-in support for building Office
applications that leverage Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio and
InfoPath as well as support for 2007 Office System features. Inclusion
of PowerPoint and Visio is new in this release. A developer, for
example, could build an application that leverages database information
to create a chart in Visio, said Jaye Roxe, group product manager for
Visual Studio.
Other features in the beta release include runtime support for the
Ribbon UI, custom task panes and InfoPath regions. The Ribbon UI in
2007 Office System replaces the current system of layered menus,
toolbars, and task panes with a simpler system of interfaces, according
to Microsoft. The interfaces are optimized for efficiency and
discoverability.
The general release of Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Office
System is expected to coincide with the release of the 2007 Office
System itself at the end of this year.
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