7Customizing Excel with VSTO
Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better.
—RICHARD HOOKER
Topics Covered in This Chapter
Excel Host Items and Host Controls
Data Binding to Host Controls on Worksheets
Programming in Excel
Many solutions developers use Microsoft Excel as a development platform because of its rich environment. You can take advantage of Excel’s powerful calculation engine, charting capabilities, customizable task panes, and extensive object model. VSTO enables rapid application development of Excel solutions by enhancing many of Excel’s objects, enabling quick development of smart tags and customized actions panes, ...
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