Pieter van der Westhuizen
Add-in Express Technical Evangelist
Good day folks, my name is Pieter van der Westhuizen. I am one of those fortunate enough to be a Technology Evangelist for Add-in Express. I am also the only team member from the Southern Hemisphere (South Africa) and definitely the one with the longest surname :)
When I'm not evangelising Add-in Express products you can find me working as a freelance developer on various projects and talking crazy on my other blog https://www.mythicalmanmoth.com.
Being one of those whose hobby became his full time profession, I look forward to sharing and discovering awesome new tools and technologies with you.
My technical skills
- Languages: C#, VB.Net
- Technologies: MS Office, .Net, ASP.Net MVC, jQuery
- Databases: MS SQL Server, Pervasive SQL, MySQL
Out of work occupations and hobbies:
Spending time with my lovely wife and two adopted dogs, reading, writing, trying to learn the piano and being a geek at heart.
Here is a list of my recent posts:
- Outlook 2016 Extensibility, 21 Sep 2015
- The Office 365 API – OneDrive / Files API, 31 Jul 2015
- Office 365 API – Querying Exchange, 13 Jul 2015
- Office 365 API – Authentication & Setup, 09 Jun 2015
- Office 365 for developers – What, How, Where?, 02 Jun 2015
- Graphics formats for Microsoft Office add-ins, 24 Apr 2015
- Windows and Office security guide for Office developers, 17 Mar 2015
- How to determine when a user has read an Outlook message, 05 Mar 2015
- Working with Outlook HTMLBody – a guide for Office developers, 23 Feb 2015
- How to implement auto-update for Office add-ins, 12 Feb 2015
- How to get unread mail in Outlook: C# code examples, 29 Jan 2015
- Working with Outlook attachments programmatically: C# code examples, 23 Jan 2015
- Sending and updating Outlook Calendar’s appointments and meeting requests, 16 Jan 2015
- How to access Outlook from HTML and JavaScript based add-ins, 26 Nov 2014
- Connecting Outlook appointments with Freshbooks web-service data, part 4, 14 Nov 2014
- Creating Outlook ribbon UI from scratch – Integrating with Freshbooks web-service, part 3, 06 Nov 2014
- Calling Freshbooks web-service from Outlook, part 2, 21 Oct 2014
- How to integrate Outlook add-in with Freshbooks web-service, part 1, 06 Oct 2014
- Creating an Excel Stock Information RTD server using the Yahoo Finance API, 25 Sep 2014
- Calling Yahoo Weather web-service from an Outlook add-in, 21 Aug 2014
- Outlook Online & Google Mail for developers – What’s the difference?, 17 Jun 2014
- Excel Online & Google Sheets for developers – what’s the difference?, 20 May 2014
- Creating Apps for Microsoft Outlook, 12 May 2014
- Developing Gmail contextual gadgets, 28 Apr 2014
- How to create Gmail sidebar gadgets, 16 Apr 2014
- Google add-ons vs Microsoft Office Apps: Read/Write tests, 10 Apr 2014
- How to create Excel Apps for Office 365, 02 Apr 2014
- How to create Word Apps for Office 365, 28 Mar 2014
- How to develop Google spreadsheet add-ons, 27 Mar 2014
- Building Google Docs add-on with Apps Scripts, 18 Mar 2014
- Creating Microsoft InfoPath add-ins in Visual Studio with Add-in Express, 06 Mar 2014
- Creating and modifying MS Project files programmatically, 28 Feb 2014
- Project 2013 UI customization, 21 Feb 2014
- Programming for Microsoft Project 2013, 14 Feb 2014
- How to add custom dialogs in WiX installers, 07 Feb 2014
- How to create WiX custom actions, 29 Jan 2014
- How to implement a WiX installer upgrade, 23 Jan 2014
- Working with custom Outlook properties: C# code examples, 15 Jan 2014
- Working with Outlook special folders (Inbox, Outbox, Drafts, Sent Items, Deleted Items), 09 Jan 2014
- How to create and modify Outlook-specific files, 20 Dec 2013