Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) is a set of tools for the C# and VB.NET developer. It primarily aids in extending the user interface of Office 2003 and 2007 applications. Using the VSTO templates the developer can create managed code COM Add-ins for many Office applications. For Word and Excel, VSTO also offers a managed code alternative to VBA in the form of document-level customization templates. For more information, see the Please Read Next message.

The Visual Studio Tools for Office (VSTO) forum is for VSTO-specific questions. Please feel free to post questions or issues specifically related to developing managed code applications using VSTO.

If you have questions or issues pertaining to non-VSTO specific topics such as Office application versions other than those listed above, VBA, classic VB, C++, ASP.NET, WinForms, Shared Add-ins, etc., please post them in the appropriate Microsoft forum or newsgroup. The list of links below will provide you with a good starting point from which you can find the right forum or newsgroup for your question.

These links provide access to complete lists of Microsoft forums and newsgroups.

MSDN Forums Site –�a href="http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories/">http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/categories/

(until all forums are migrated to the new interface, some forums are located at http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx?SiteID=1 )

Newsgroups Site (all groups)�http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/

General Office newsgroups site - http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?d=1

List of linksto "How to" articles about programming Office applications using .NET languages -

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311452

This is a list of the most commonly asked non-VSTO topics and links to the appropriate forums and/or newsgroups.

Office Products

OFFICE FILE FORMATS


GENERAL OFFICE DEVELOPMENT

ACCESS

EXCEL

INFOPATH

INFORMATION BRIDGE FRAMEWORK

OUTLOOK

POWERPOINT

PROJECT

VISIO

WORD

Languages and Technologies

Data
ADO.NET
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/adodotnetdataproviders/threads/
ADO (classic)
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.data.ado&cat=en_US_37c6dc8c-9d0a-4494-9247-88eb6757629c&lang=en&cr=US

ASP.NET - http://forums.asp.net

VB.NET Forums -http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/visualbasic

“Classic VB�(VB6)

VBA

Visual C# Forums -http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/visualcsharp