Create Office COM add-in / plugin in .NET, VSTO, Delphi

Developer's Guides

Here you can read the online versions of our Developers' Guides with complete information about system requirements, supported applications as well as detailed step-by-step instructions on using the products. You can also download the full versions of Developer's Guides in the PDF and ZIP formats.

Add-in Express .NET Developer's Guide

In this Guide you can find the detailed instructions on how to create Office COM add-in / plug-in, smart tag and Excel RTD server, Excel Automation add-in and XLL addin with Add-in Express .NET. To make using Add-in Express as easy as possible, we also included several examples there. All the examples and their descriptions are very simple and brief. Don't feel intimidated! To use Add-in Express is quite easy.

Add-in Express for VSTO Developer's Guide

From this Guide you will learn how to quickly developing Outlook plugins in VSTO, extend Outlook add-in's GUI with command bars (toolbars, menus and context menus) and controls, as well as custom Option and Folder Properties pages. You will also get some useful tips on writing Outlook plugins in Visual Studio Tools for Office. 

Ribbon, command bar components
Tips on writing Outlook add-ins in VSTO

Add-in Express VCL Developer's Guide

In this Guide you can find the detailed instructions on how to quickly start with building an Office COM add-in in Delphi, avoid GUI difficulties and various pitfalls with the command bar system of the add-in's host application. It is what the online Add-in Express VCL Guide primarily focuses on.  

Add-in Express for Internet Explorer Developer's Guide

This Guide will tell you how to create add-ons for Internet Explorer 6 and 7, add custom buttons and menu items to the IE toolbar, build build Explorer bar and deploy Internet Explorer add-ons.  

Programming Internet Explorer add-on
Creating custom IE toolbar
Internet Explorer add-ons tips

Add-in Express for Outlook Express Developer's Guide

From this Guide you will learn how to create add-ins for Outlook Express and Windows Mail, add a custom button to OE toolbar, customize Outlook Express menu and embed custom forms into Outlook Express windows

Outlook Security Manager Developer's Guide

In this Guide we will show you how to avoid Outlook security warnings, or prompts like "a program is trying to access e-mail addresses..." or "a program is trying to automatically send e-mail..." with just a few lines of code. The descriptions are very clear and brief, illustrated with screenshots and examples of code.

Disable "a program is trying to access"
Outlook automation without "a program is trying to automatically..."

Add-in Express Extensions for Outlook Developer's Guide

This Guide shows how you can quickly get started customizing Outlook forms and customizing Outlook folder views and how to avoid any difficulties and pitfalls when embedding your forms into Outlook windows. It also gives the insight if creating a custom Outlook GUI. 

Toolbar Controls for Microsoft Outlook Developer's Guide

This Guide shows you how to quickly get started with the Toolbar Control for Microsoft Office in Visual Studio .NET. It describes step-by-step how to add custom controls to command bars of different Office applications, namely Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word. See how easily you can place tree-views, grids, diagrams, edit boxes and reports onto your command bars.

Create custom controls for Outlook toolbar / commandbar - buttons, grids, labels, etc.
Insight of the Toolbar Controls
Outlook, Excel, Word specificities