The ServerDocument object model was primarily designed to enable server-side code to edit the contents of the data island before serving up a document, but it does much more. You can use it to read or write the data island, and to add customization assemblies to uncustomized documents. However, the latter requires ServerDocument to start up Word or Excel, so it is a bad idea to do this on a server. Chapter 20 examines another use for the ServerDocument: editing the deployment information inside a customized document.
The ServerDocument object model provides fine-grained control over the information stored in a document, and assumes that you know what you're doing. Be very careful, and test your scenarios thoroughly when using the ServerDocument object model.
Part One. An Introduction to VSTO
An Introduction to Office Programming
Introduction to Office Solutions
Part Two. Office Programming in .NET
Programming Excel
Working with Excel Events
Working with Excel Objects
Programming Word
Working with Word Events
Working with Word Objects
Programming Outlook
Working with Outlook Events
Working with Outlook Objects
Introduction to InfoPath
Part Three. Office Programming in VSTO
The VSTO Programming Model
Using Windows Forms in VSTO
Working with Actions Pane
Working with Smart Tags in VSTO
VSTO Data Programming
Server Data Scenarios
.NET Code Security
Deployment
Part Four. Advanced Office Programming
Working with XML in Excel
Working with XML in Word
Developing COM Add-Ins for Word and Excel
Creating Outlook Add-Ins with VSTO