Visual Studio Tools and Anything Else I Can Think Of
MissingManifestResourceException when using Portable Class Libraries within WinRT
Our team recently ran into a strange issue. Our Windows Phone application targets Silverlight 8.1...
Author: Phil Hoff - MSFT Date: 11/19/2014
Dynamically Add Content to Windows Azure Application Roles
In a previous post I introduced the concept of Role Content Folders and how they can be used to...
Author: Phil Hoff - MSFT Date: 07/05/2012
Transform Windows Azure Service Model Files During Packaging
The latest versions of the Windows Azure Tools for Visual Studio have the ability to maintain...
Author: Phil Hoff - MSFT Date: 07/02/2012
Ignore Validation Warnings when Packaging a Windows Azure Application
When a package fails to deploy to Windows Azure (or deploys but its roles fail to start properly) it...
Author: Phil Hoff - MSFT Date: 06/27/2012
Add Files to your Windows Azure Package using Role Content Folders
Windows Azure applications often need to package and deploy additional content. This could be...
Author: Phil Hoff - MSFT Date: 06/08/2012
Finding DASL Property Names
The LINQ-to-DASL provider of the Office Interop API Extensions provides a very limited set of...
Author: Phil Hoff - MSFT Date: 12/19/2008
Debugging LINQ-to-DASL Queries
When your LINQ-to-DASL queries do not return the results you expect, how do you determine where the...
Author: Phil Hoff - MSFT Date: 12/18/2008
Filter Outlook Items by Date with LINQ to DASL
I received an email over the weekend asking why the following LINQ to DASL query threw an exception:...
Author: Phil Hoff - MSFT Date: 03/03/2008
LINQ to DASL Walkthrough
Now that the Office Interop API Extensions have been released, I thought I would post a complete...
Author: Phil Hoff - MSFT Date: 02/25/2008
Parameterized Properties and the Office Interop API Extensions
One of the disadvantages of C# compared with VB is its lack of support for parameterized properties....
Author: Phil Hoff - MSFT Date: 02/21/2008
Office Interop API Extensions Now Available!
As announced in Andrew Whitechapel's post, version 1.0 of the VSTO Power Tools have been released!...
Author: Phil Hoff - MSFT Date: 02/21/2008
Extending LINQ to DASL with Custom DASL Properties
In an earlier post I discussed LINQ to DASL, part of the Office Interop API Extensions, which is one...
Author: Phil Hoff - MSFT Date: 02/20/2008
Using LINQ with the Office Object Model
In my last post I talked about LINQ to DASL, a LINQ provider that converts query expressions into...
Author: Phil Hoff - MSFT Date: 02/19/2008
Query your Outlook Inbox with LINQ to DASL
Quick, tell me what the following code does: Outlook.Folder folder = (Outlook.Folder)...
Author: Phil Hoff - MSFT Date: 02/18/2008
Banish Missing.Value with the Office Interop API Extensions
I like VSTO. I like C#. What I don't like is having to write VSTO code in C# like: object fileName =...
Author: Phil Hoff - MSFT Date: 02/15/2008
VSTO at Portland Code Camp v3.0
Yesterday I gave a presentation on VSTO at the third annual Portland Code Camp. I demonstrated an...
Author: Phil Hoff - MSFT Date: 05/22/2007