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by Paul Stubbs, Erika Ehrli Cabral, Joanna Bischel, Rob Barker, Steve Fox
Programming Microsoft® Office Business Applications
Programming Microsoft® Office Business Applications
List of Figures
Foreword
Introduction
Office Business Applications
Who Is This Book For?
About Programming Office Business Applications
Support and Downloads
System Requirements
Additional Resources
Resources at Microsoft.com
Blogs
Books
Acknowledgments
1. Introducing Office Business Applications
Getting Started
What Is an Office Business Application?
The Office Business Application Platform
Office Business Application Pillars
Enterprise Content Management (ECM)
Business Intelligence (BI)
Unified Communication and Collaboration
Office Business Application Services and Technologies
Workflow
Business Data Catalog
Search
The Microsoft Office Fluent UI ("The Ribbon")
Open XML File Format
Excel Services
Web Site and Security Framework
A Breakthrough Opportunity for Businesses and Developers
Architecture of an Office Business Application
Attributes of an Office Business Application
Ease of Use
Role-Based
Collaborative
Configurable
Contextual
How Do You Develop an OBA?
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Microsoft Office System Second Edition
Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer
What Does an OBA Look Like?
Summary
Further Reading and Related Technologies
2. Creating a Smart Client for Your Office Business Application by Using VSTO
Getting Started with Visual Studio Tools for Office
A Brief History of VSTO
Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
Project Templates
Office 2003
Office 2007
Item Templates
Debugging
OBA Smart Client Samples
Office Add-Ins
Office Document Solutions
Excel ListObject Data Binding
Office Ribbon Designer
Outlook Commandbars
Custom Task Panes
Actions Pane
Open XML File Format
Content Controls
Outlook Form Regions
Summary
3. Building Business Intelligence for Your Office Business Applications
Office Business Application Framework
Developing Client-Side Business Intelligence Customizations
Integrating Data into Excel 2007 Using Native Office Features
Creating Business Intelligence Solutions Using Visual Studio Tools for Office
Customizing the Excel 2007 User Interface
Business Intelligence in MOSS 2007
The Business Intelligence Dashboard
Excel Services
Key Performance Indicators
Business Data Catalog
Further Reading and Related Technologies
4. Integrating Web Services into Your Office Business Applications
The Need for S+S in Today’s Enterprise Solutions
S+S and the 2007 Microsoft Office System
Services Available in Office 2007
Presentation Layer for Services in the Office 2007 Client
Job Candidate Recruiting Interview Feedback Solution
Scenario Overview
A Possible End-To-End Solution
Retrieving Best-Practice Interview Questions
Using the SharePoint List Web Service to Retrieve List Items
Inserting an Interview Question
Verifying a Candidate’s Salary Using the Recruiting Salary Model
Overview of Excel Services
Performing Calculations Server-Side in Word Using the Excel Calculation Engine
Retrieving Candidate Data from the LOB System from the Custom Task Pane
Overview of the Business Data Catalog
Creating the Application Definition File
Developing the Custom Web Service
Consuming the Custom Web Service in the Client Application
Summary
Further Reading and Resources
Office Business Applications
General Office Development
Office SharePoint Server
Windows SharePoint Services
Visual Studio Tools for Office
Blogs
5. Building Social Networking into Your Office Business Application
What Is Social Networking?
Applying Social Networking to OBAs
My Site and My Profile
My Site
My Profile
Integrating Blogs into Your OBA
Integrating Wikis into Your OBA
RSS
Third-Party Social Networking Applications and OBAs
Summary
Further Reading
6. SharePoint and Developing Office Business Applications
Where to Start?
What’s the Difference between WSS Version 3.0 and MOSS 2007?
OBA Reference Application Packs
What Tools Are Available?
Visual Studio 2008
Sequential Workflow
State Machine Workflow
MOSS 2007 Out-of-the-Box Workflows
Approval Workflow
Collect Feedback Workflow
Collect Signatures Workflow
Disposition Approval Workflow
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Tools: Visual Studio 2005 Extensions
Web Parts Template
SharePoint Solution Generator
Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007
Microsoft Business Data Catalog Definition Editor
Summary
Further Reading and Related Technologies
7. Managing Complex Business Processes with Custom SharePoint Workflow
Workflow Processes in the Real World
Introduction to Workflow in the 2007 Microsoft Office System
Windows Workflow Foundation
Workflow Authoring Styles
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Support for InfoPath Forms
Integration into 2007 Microsoft Office System Client Applications
Out-of-the-Box Workflows
Customization of Workflows
Creating Custom Workflows
Overview of Creating Custom Workflows in SharePoint Designer
Expense Report Scenario
Workflow Project Templates in Visual Studio Tools for Office
Sequential Workflows
State Machine Workflows
Deployment
Building a Feature Package
Customizing Business Rules
Summary
Further Reading and Resources
8. Deploying Your Office Business Application in the Enterprise
VSTO Deployment
Publish Wizard
Installation
Update and Rollback
Rollback
Uninstallation
Document Solutions
Publishing Document Solutions to SharePoint
Publish Page
Publish Location
Install Settings
Publish Language
Publish Version
Changing the Install Location
Update on Demand
SharePoint Deployment
Features
SharePoint Workflow Deployment
Summary
A. About the Authors
Index
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