Microsoft Office Smart Clients
Apress eBooks · 2006
SummaryIn this chapter, we discussed the two types of Office smart clients: VSTO-based Office smart clients and IBF-based Office smart clients. Both of these smart clients leverage the power of Visual Studio and Office to enable enterprise smart client applications. VSTO-based smart clients are best suited for applications whose core functionality is either Word or Excel (at the moment). These types of smart clients present the core Office product user interface with additional functionality on top of the Office product. IBF-based smart clients connect an Office product to LOB systems. This type of smart client is best suited for organizations that have a large number of employees who spend most of their workday using one (or more) Office product.Up to this point, we have discussed WinForms and Office smart clients. In the next chapter, we’ll discuss mobile smart clients.