Microsoft has announced a new set of technologies designed to enable developers to build business solutions based on the next version of Microsoft Office, code-named Office 11.
Included in the new technologies is a new set of tools, code-named Visual Studio Tools for Office which enable Visual Studio .NET developers to use the application development tool to build solutions based on Microsoft word and Microsoft excel documents, as well as several new XML development experiences.
"Microsoft is focused on creating great opportunities for developers and Visual Studio Tools for Office enables developers to build solutions that provide an intuitive end-user experience," says Darren Crowder .NET Architect and Developer Manager at Microsoft South Africa. "With .NET-connected software and the power of Office, developers can create a broad range of applications that span from devices to datacentre servers, and now to Office."
Using Visual Studio Tools for Office, developers can create applications written in Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET that run in Microsoft word and excel. The convergence of Microsoft`s developer tools and programming model with Office 11 provides developers with significant advancements in the areas of language choice, security and application deployment.
Visual Studio Tools for Office will be available in conjunction with Office 11 in mid 2003. Pricing and availability details for Visual Studio Tools for Office will be announced at a later date.
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