From: Jim Sneeringer [Jim@Sneeringer.com]
Sent: Tuesday, June 12, 2007 8:47 PM
To: UserExperience
Subject: UPA Conference Report to Date
Tutorial on Pattern Libraries
a. The main think I learned here is that Sara did a great job of setting up or template.
Attached is the workbook from "Creating a Custom UI Pattern Library"
From: Dean Barker [mailto:dean.barker@humanfactors.com]
Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 12:49 PM
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I went to one of Microsoft’s seminars yesterday to learn about their new user-interface directions, and I also learned about VSTO, which could be very useful in iMIS. Starting with .NET 2005, it is much easier to program office documents. One example is the new ServerDocument class, which allows efficient creation (and I think reading as well) of office documents on a server. It is much more efficient because it does not use the office programs themselves, which are designed for a single user. For example, you can create a Word or Excel document on a server without using Word or Excel. Also, it is much easier to integrate programming into office documents, which can now be done in C# using the standard .NET Framework.
