COM add-ins / plugins for Outlook, Excel and Word on .NET & VCL with source code

Add-in Express Toys™

To show general techniques of creating COM Add-ins for Outlook, Excel and Word we have developed several sample add-ins / plugins. We called these addins Add-in Express Toys. Please note that all these sample Microsoft Outlook add-ins, Excel and Word addins do not include binaries and you need Add-in Express to compile them.

Sample Outlook add-in

This sample Outlook add-in shows how to create Outlook COM add-ins, add command bars to Outlook Explorer and Inspector, get access to Outlook objects and handle their events. The add-in is developed for .NET and VCL platforms and is available with the complete source code.

The add-in allows you to get the Internet headers and the body of the selected item and illustrates general approaches to programming Outlook add-ins on Add-in Express.

• Outlook Add-in in VB.NET, C++ and C#
• Outlook Add-in in Delphi (VCL)
• Outlook Add-in in Delphi with Easy MAPI

Sample Excel add-in

It is a sample Excel add-in developed for Visual Studio .NET and Borland Delphi VCL. It shows how to create Excel COM add-ins, add command bars, get access to Excel objects such as ranges, cells and their values. Also, the add-in shows how to handle Excel events such as SelectionChange.

The add-in adds its own command bar that gives one-click access to the functionality hidden by default.

• Excel Add-in in VB .NET, C#, C++, J# and Delphi .NET
• Excel Add-in in Delphi

Sample Word add-in

This Word add-in illustrates how Add-in Express supports Microsoft Word. The Word add-in adds command bars, uses Word objects such as ranges and allows you to highlight any source code you add to Word documents. The add-in is developed for .NET and VCL platforms.

• Word Add-in in Visual Basic.NET, C#, C++, J# and Delphi .NET
• Word Add-in in Delphi

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