Use WPF Controls in VSTO Solutions with Visual Basic 2008

Alessandro Del Sole

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An explanation of how to add WPF controls to Visual Studio Tools for Office solutions, writing Visual Basic code

wpfcontrolsexcelworkbook.zip
- WPFControlsExcelWorkbook
  - WPFControlsExcelWorkbook.sln
  - WPFControlsExcelWorkbook.suo
  - WPFControlsExcelWorkbook
    - bin
      - Debug
        
        WPFControlsExcelWorkbook.dll
        
        WPFControlsExcelWorkbook.dll.manifest
        
        WPFControlsExcelWorkbook.vsto
        
        WPFControlsExcelWorkbook.xlsx
        
        WPFControlsExcelWorkbook.xml
    - Foglio1.Designer.vb
    - Foglio1.Designer.xml
    - Foglio1.resx
    - Foglio1.vb
    - Foglio2.Designer.vb
    - Foglio2.Designer.xml
    - Foglio2.vb
    - Foglio3.Designer.vb
    - Foglio3.Designer.xml
    - Foglio3.vb
    - HostUserControl.Designer.vb
    - HostUserControl.resx
    - HostUserControl.vb
    - My Project
      - AssemblyInfo.vb
      - Resources.Designer.vb
      - Resources.resx
      - Settings.Designer.vb
      - Settings.settings
    - ThisWorkbook.Designer.vb
    - ThisWorkbook.Designer.xml
    - ThisWorkbook.vb
    - WPFControlsExcelWorkbook.Designer.vb
    - WPFControlsExcelWorkbook.Designer.xml
    - WPFControlsExcelWorkbook.vbproj
    - WPFControlsExcelWorkbook.xlsx
    - WPFControlsExcelWorkbook_TemporaryKey.pfx

<hostitem:hostItem hostitem:baseType="Microsoft.Office.Tools.Excel.Workbook" hostitem:interfaceType="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.IOfficeEntryPoint" hostitem:namespace="" hostitem:className="ThisWorkbook" hostitem:identifier="ThisWorkbook" hostitem:primaryCookie="ThisWorkbook" hostitem:master="true" hostitem:startupIndex="0" xmlns:hostitem="http://schemas.microsoft.com/2004/VisualStudio/Tools/Applications/HostItem.xsd">
  <hostitem:hostObject hostitem:name="ThisApplication" hostitem:identifier="ThisApplication" hostitem:type="Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application" hostitem:cookie="Application" hostitem:modifier="Internal" />
  <hostitem:hostControl hostitem:name="ActionsPane" hostitem:identifier="ActionsPane" hostitem:type="Microsoft.Office.Tools.ActionsPane" hostitem:primaryCookie="ActionsPane" hostitem:extenderCookie="" hostitem:modifier="Internal" />
</hostitem:hostItem>

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I'm a Microsoft Visual Basic MVP. I'm an Italian .NET developer and I write articles and books about Visual Basic, Visual Studio LightSwitch, and the .NET technologies.

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