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MS wants Office to be a development platform

Martin Veitch ZDNet.co.uk

Published: 02 Oct 1996 16:11 BST

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Office has already become something of a development platform through the Office-Compatible programme under which independent software vendors can copy Office toolbars, menu structures, dialogue boxes and other screen objects. However, this is the first time has put all the tools for corporate and third-party developers into one box.

The developer product will include the suite applications available in the end-user Office (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook, and a PIM) as well as customisation tools such as a Setup Wizard for custom applications, SQL querying, tools for replicating data across multiple databases, and ActiveX controls.

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