I was recently called onto a project to add features to existing applications. To me, this is one of the most challenging aspects of being a developer because the existing application strips away much ...

A helper class can simplify and isolate hosting add-ins. Making this class generic allows a single helper class for use with all add-ins. This version improves performance by ensuring the store is ...

I have a windows service written in VB.NET which uses DSOFile.dll to look at the properties of a MSOffice document. Everything seems to work fine for me here.<BR><BR>But on my client's machine, it ...

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