As Jay Smith mentioned, if you haven’t already registered for the Nwa Code Camp you need to get with it.  The event is schedule for April 25 and space is limited.

To register please visit http://codecamp.nwadnug.org and click on the register link at the top of the screen.

This is the first attempt to have a regional event in Northwest Arkansas and we will be closely monitoring attendance to determine if we should continue to create events of this nature in this area.

There will be 3 tracks with 12 sessions on various topics, everything from SharePoint, Windows Communication all the way to iPhone development. This event is being sponsored by the local Northwest Arkansas .NET Users Group.

Please forward this information on to everyone you know that would be interested and encourage them to attend. Think of this as free training in a time where training and travel budgets are being cut daily.

We need your help making this an event a huge success in our area.

Microsoft released SP1 for the Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Office for Visual Studio 2008. The Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office system (version 3.0) can help you extend applications in Microsoft Office 2003 and the 2007 Microsoft Office system by using Visual Basic and Visual C#. The tools include Visual Studio projects to help you start to create an Office Business Application (OBA).

For the latest information about Visual Studio Tools for Office and Office development, see the following development centers on MSDN:

• The Visual Studio Tools for Office Developer Portal contains links to product information, code samples, videos, and community resources about using Visual Studio to customize Office applications as part of your solutions.
   
• The Microsoft Office Developer Center contains links to technical articles, code samples, downloads, community information, support, and other documentation about Office customizations and OBAs.

SP1 Overview:
You must install this update on your development computer, and also on client computers, if you use Visual Studio 2008 SP1 to develop Microsoft Office solutions.

This update provides bug fixes and new features, including .NET Framework Client Profile compatibility and the ability to add host controls and smart tags to documents from application-level add-ins.

When you install the Visual Studio Tools for Office runtime on a non-English version of the operating system, you should also install the appropriate language pack service pack to see the text of the messages from the runtime in that language, rather than English.

Download SP1 by clicking here.
 

Microsoft released the final version of the Open XML SDK the other day. The SDK makes coding against the Office Open XML a lot easier by wrapping calls to the System.IO.Packaging class with much easier API to use.

Overview

• Open XML SDK: click here
• Online Version of Open XML SDK: click here