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Using LINQ to find and open in Excel 2007 the newest file in a folder

May 06, 2009, 12:50 am by Tushar Mehta

This is one of two approaches inspired by Dick Kusleika’s post on opening in Excel the newest CSV file in a given folder (http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/05/01/opening-the-newest-file-in-a-folder-with-vba/).
I explain the development of the Excel 2007 add-in at http://www.tushar-mehta.com/publish_train/xl_vba_cases/LINQ_newest_file.htm. The key issues addressed are the use of LINQ to query the file directory to find the newest file and [...]

Category: .Net, Add-ins, Fluent UI, General, User Interface  |  Comment

Ribbon, You’re Nothing to Me Now

November 06, 2008, 11:52 am by Dick Kusleika

Ribbon, you're nothing to me now. You're not a brother, you're not a friend. I don't want to know you or what you do. I don't want to see you at the hotels, I don't want you near my house. When you see our mother, I want to know a day in advance, so I [...]

Category: Fluent UI  |  24 Comments

My First Ribbon

October 27, 2008, 11:35 pm by Dick Kusleika

Without further ado:

<customui xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/01/customui">
    <ribbon>
        <tabs>
            <tab idMso="TabHome">
                <group idMso="GroupClipboard" visible="false" />
            </tab>
        </tabs>
    </ribbon>
</customui>

I'm finally working my way through this book:

OK, so here's my initial impressions. Initial, mind [...]

Category: Fluent UI  |  42 Comments