Create COM add-in / plugin for Outlook,
Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access in Delphi

Add-in Express™
for Microsoft® Office and CodeGear® VCL

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Why Add-in Express VCL?

How to develop COM addins for Outlook, Excel, Word and other Office applications.Add-in Express VCL is a development tool designed to simplify and speed up the development of Microsoft Office extensions in Delphi 5, 6, 7, 2005, 2006, 2007, Delphi 2009 and 2010 through the consistent use of the RAD paradigm. Office Extensions. This term covers all the customization technologies provided for Office applications. The technologies are: 

  • COM add-ins
  • Smart tags
  • Excel Real-Time Data (RTD servers)
  • Excel Automation add-ins

Add-in Express provides a number of specialized components that allow the developer to walk through the interface-programming phase to the functional programming phase with a minimal loss of time.  Add-in Express for CodeGear Delphi hides all straits of low-level programming, and you get the GUI management for creating command bars and command bar controls. Try Add-in Express and save many weeks of coding!

Supported IDEs and languages:

Delphi 5, 6, 7, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 and Delphi 2010 (Architect, Enterprise, Professional editions)

Supported applications: 

Microsoft Office 2000, 2002 and 2003 and Office 2007, including: Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Visio, Project, MapPoint, FrontPage, Publisher and InfoPath

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