Office 2007 Object Model Maps and Summary of Changes between Versions

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Shame on me for not blogging in such a long time! I just got busy with some Visual How-to articles and some other content that we are about to release.

Anyway, today I want to talk about the Office 2007 Object Model Maps that the Office Developer Documentation (aka Office Dev Docs) group published on MSDN. In the past we published the Office developer references and you had to use the MSDN Library table of contents or search to find reference documentation for an object. Office object models are huge so it's always useful to look at object model maps. Lisa Wollin and Office Dev Docs built a tool to read the different Office COM DLLs and generate a set of diagrams that allow you to drill-down to reference topics. The maps also highlight new objects and collections added to the different Office 2007 object models as compared to Microsoft Office 2003.

 

You can find the different Office 2007 OM maps at the MSDN TOC location: Office Solutions Development > 2007 Microsoft Office System> app > app Developer Reference > app Object Model Reference > app Object Model Apps

For instance, in Word, it's at:

The Office Dev Docs group also compiled a summary of the changes in the Office 2007 object models as compared to Office 2003, Office XP, Office 2000, and Office 97. These topics can help you understand compatibility challenges for VBA and Add-In applications between the different versions of Office. This information can be found at the MSDN TOC location: Office Solutions Development > 2007 Microsoft Office System> app > app Developer Reference > What's new > Object Model Changes Since <version>.

For instance, in Outlook, it's at:

Those topics can also be found in-the-box, at the TOC location <app> Developer Reference > What's new > Object Model Changes Since <version>