Add-in Express for .NET, VCL, VSTO, IE and Outlook Express - News

ADDED:

• Support for WiX 4.
• Support for projects that are added to the converted WiX setup project via the Add Reference dialog.

FIXED:

• Source paths of binary files were not found in some cases.
• Project output with the Exclude property set to True was handled incorrectly.
• File types with the empty MIME property were handled incorrectly.

KNOWN ISSUES:

• CAB Projects cannot be converted to WiX. Windows Installer XML (WiX) does not support this project type.

FIXED:

• Exception during conversion if the project configuration name contained a space character.
• Description attribute was set to an empty string in some cases.
• In Web Setup projects, the Script attribute was set to an incorrect value.
• Dependencies of C++ projects were resolved incorrectly in some scenarios.
• Commands of the Pre/Post build events were not copied to the WiX project.
• Id attribute of the Binary element might exceed the limit of 55 characters.
• CustomActionData property was not passed to unmanaged custom actions.
• RemovePreviousVersions, DetectNewerInstalledVersion, ARPHELPLINK, ARPURLINFOABOUT and ARPCONTACT properties were not handled.

KNOWN ISSUES:

• CAB Projects cannot be converted to WiX. Windows Installer XML (WiX) does not support this project type.

ADDED:

• Support for Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop.
• Visible property to the ADXRibbonSeparator class.
• UpdateTopics method to the ADXRTDServerModule class.
• ExplorerInlineResponseEx and ExplorerInlineResponseCloseEx events to the ADXOutlookAppEvents component.

FIXED:

• Unable to cast object of type "AddinExpress.Wizard.ADXPackage" to type "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.Interop.IVsPackage" exception in Visual Studio 2012.
• Ribbon context menus did not work in Visio 2010 and 2013.
• ContextMenuContactCardRecipient ribbon context menu could not be customized.
• Dynamic ribbon menu did not display nested submenus.
• Setting the ADXCommandBarButton.Image property at run-time closed a context menu opened in the host application.
• Exception in the InitializeComponent method during the add-in registration.
• Space key did not work on the WebBrowser control residing on an advanced Excel, Word or PowerPoint task pane.
• In Outlook 2003, pressing the Alt key hid the built-in labels on an appointment window with an embedded advanced region.
• Outlook 2007 crashed after clicking the "Up One Level" button on the Advanced toolbar if a Search Folder was selected.
• InspectorRegion was not always displayed if several Outlook inspector windows were opened simultaneously.
• AdxServiceTP window remained visible if the visibility of a dock-based Outlook region was set in the ADXReadingPaneHide or ADXReadingPaneShow event handler.
• Space key did not work on some edit box controls residing on an advanced Excel, Word or PowerPoint task pane.
• Resource leaks when working with invisible Outlook inspector windows programmatically.
• In Outlook 2013, an advanced region did not show up on Phone and List views in the Contacts folder.

KNOWN ISSUES:

WPF + Office 2000 - 2013 Issues:

• Various issues remain in all Office and .NET Framework versions caused by a partial incompatibility of the WPF core and Office GUI.

WebBrowser Control Issues:

• In Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint, a host application may lose the focus after activating the WebBrowser control residing on an advanced region or advanced task pane.

Outlook 2000-2013 Issues:

• WebViewPane region cannot be used for folders if their WebViewOn and WebViewUrl properties cannot be modified. Possible solution is setting the "Allow Script in shared folders" and "Allow Script in Public Folders" options in the security settings. See the following article for more information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923933.
• ADXOlForm placed in the WebViewPane region is flickering when switching between folders.

Outlook 2010 and 2013 Issues:

• TopSubpane, BottomSubpane, RightSubpane, LeftSubpane and FolderView regions for appointment folders do not work. You can use the DockTop, DockBottom, DockRight and DockLeft regions as an alternative.
• Add-ins containing advanced regions built on Add-in Express 2009 are incompatible with add-ins built on the higher versions of Add-in Express.
• An ADXOlForm may lose the focus when switching between pages on Inspector windows.
• Another form may become active when switching between Inspector pages if the forms were added to the same region by several add-ins.

Outlook 2010 Issues:

• For the BottomTodoBar region to work correctly, either Appointments or Task List should be enabled in the ToDo bar options.

Outlook 2013 Issues:

• BottomTodoBar region does not work.

Social Connector Outlook Add-in Issues:

• In Outlook 2003 - 2013, advanced regions may work incorrectly if the Social Connector Add-in is enabled/disabled manually. Outlook should be restarted for advanced regions to work correctly.
• In Outlook 2003 - 2013, the ReadingPane region does not work if the Social Connector Add-in is installed.

Excel 2010 and 2013 Issues:

• XLL add-in created for .NET Framework 2.0 crashes 64-bit Excel versions because of an exception in the Marshal.GetFunctionPointerForDelegate method.

InfoPath 2010 and 2013 Issues:

• Native Office custom task panes may not show up when a new instance of InfoPath is opened.

Office 2010 and 2013 x64 Issues:

• "Unable to create specified ActiveX control" exception may be thrown on an x64 host application if an add-in had been registered from Visual Studio before a newly created native Office task pane was added to the AddinModule.TaskPanes collection.

ADDED:

• Support for Web Setup projects.

FIXED:

• Setup project dependencies were not resolved correctly in some scenarios.
• Error when searching for a setup project's Prerequisites.
• "An XML comment cannot contain '--', and '-' cannot be the last character" error.

KNOWN ISSUES:

• CAB Projects cannot be converted to WiX. Windows Installer XML (WiX) does not support this project type.

ADDED:

• ClickTwice module, a new class to access ClickTwice features and events.
• OnBeforeDisplayAlerts, OnRegister and OnUnregister events to the ADXIEModule, ADXIEToolbarModule and ADXIEBarModule classes.
• GetCookie and SetCookie methods to the ADXIEHelper and ADXIEProtectedModeAPI classes.
• HandleDocumentUICommands property to the ADXIEToolbarModule and ADXIEBarModule classes.
• OnBeforeRefresh, OnBeforeExecute, OnPreviewKeyDown2, OnResizeBorder, OnFrameWindowActivate, OnUpdateUI, OnShowContextMenu events to the ADXIEToolbarModule and ADXIEBarModule classes.

FIXED:

• Context menus did not work in IE10 on the Japanese localized language version of Windows.
• Repair option did not work in WiX-based installation packages.
• Visual designer of ADXIEModule containing the ADXIEAdvancedBarsManager component could not be opened in C++ projects.

VDProj to WiX Converter Beta 1 is published.

ADDED:

• Support for Office 2013 RTM.
• Support for Delphi XE3.
• OnBeforeDisplayAlerts event to the TadxCOMAddInModule class.
• UpdateTopics methods to the TadxXlRTDServerModule class.

FIXED:

• In Excel 2010 and 2013, the Create Sparklines dialog did not work if an advanced task pane was embedded.
• Custom controls could not be added to the context menu of items returned in the Outlook Advanced Find dialog.

KNOWN ISSUES:

Outlook 2000-2013 Issues:

• WebViewPane region cannot be used for folders if their WebViewOn and WebViewUrl properties cannot be set. Possible solution is setting the "Allow Script in shared folders" and "Allow Script in Public Folders" options in the security settings. See also the following article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923933.
• TadxOlForm placed in the WebViewPane region is flickering when switching between folders.

Outlook 2010 and 2013 Issues:

• TopSubpane, BottomSubpane, RightSubpane, LeftSubpane and FolderView regions for appointment folders do not work. We recommend using the DockTop, DockBottom, DockRight and DockLeft regions as an alternative.
• Add-ins containing advanced regions built on Add-in Express 2009 (v. 5.x) are incompatible with add-ins built on Add-in Express 7.x.
• An TadxOlForm may lose the focus when switching between pages on Inspector windows.
• Another form may become active when switching between Inspector pages if the forms were added to the same region by several add-ins.

Outlook 2010 Issues:

• For the elBottomTodoBar region to work correctly, either Appointments or Task List should be enabled in the ToDo bar options.

Outlook 2013 Issues:

• elBottomTodoBar region does not work.

Social Connector Outlook Add-in Issues:

• In Outlook 2003 - 2013, advanced regions may work incorrectly if the Social Connector Add-in is enabled/disabled manually. Outlook should be restarted for advanced regions to work correctly.
• In Outlook 2003 - 2013, the elReadingPane region does not work if the Social Connector Add-in is installed.

InfoPath 2010 Issues:

• Native Office 2010 custom task panes may not show up when a new instance of InfoPath is opened.

ADDED:

• Support for Outlook 2013 RTM.

FIXED:

• Outlook 2013 x64 crashed on Windows 8 when loading advanced regions.
• PreviewKeyDown event of the ADXOlForm form did not work.
• In the Reading Pane layout, an advanced region didn't display controls containing long strings.
• Pressing the Space key on WPF text box produced double space characters.
• Resource leaks when working with invisible Outlook Inspectors programmatically.

KNOWN ISSUES:

WPF + Office 2003 - 2013 Issues:

• Various issues remain in all Office and .NET Framework versions caused by a partial incompatibility of the WPF core and Office GUI.

WebBrowser Control Issues:

• Outlook may lose the focus after activating the WebBrowser control residing on an advanced form region.

Outlook 2003-2013 Issues:

• WebViewPane region cannot be used for folders if their WebViewOn and WebViewUrl properties cannot be modified. Possible solution is setting the "Allow Script in shared folders" and "Allow Script in Public Folders" options in the security settings. See the following article for more information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923933.
• ADXOlForm placed in the WebViewPane region is flickering when switching between folders.

Outlook 2010 and 2013 Issues:

• TopSubpane, BottomSubpane, RightSubpane, LeftSubpane and FolderView regions for appointment folders do not work. You can use the DockTop, DockBottom, DockRight and DockLeft regions as an alternative.
• An ADXOlForm may lose the focus when switching between pages on Inspector windows.
• Another form may become active when switching between Inspector pages if the forms were added to the same region by several add-ins.

Outlook 2010 Issues:

• For the BottomTodoBar region to work correctly, either Appointments or Task List should be enabled in the ToDo bar options.

Outlook 2013 Issues:

• BottomTodoBar region does not work.

Social Connector Outlook Add-in Issues:

• In Outlook 2003 - 2013, advanced regions may work incorrectly if the Social Connector Add-in is enabled/disabled manually. Outlook should be restarted for advanced regions to work correctly.
• In Outlook 2003 - 2013, the ReadingPane region does not work if the Social Connector Add-in is installed.

.NET Edition

Version 7.0.3140

• ADDED: Support for Microsoft Outlook 2013.
• ADDED: Support for Microsoft Visual Studio 2012.
• FIXED: Security warnings were not disabled when using the Simple MAPI functions provided by Outlook 2010.

VCL Edition

Version 7.0.455

• ADDED: Support for Microsoft Outlook 2013.
• ADDED: Support for Delphi XE3.
• FIXED: Security warnings were not disabled when using the Simple MAPI functions provided by Outlook 2010.

ActiveX Edition

Version 7.0.1140

• ADDED: Support for Microsoft Outlook 2013.
• FIXED: Security warnings were not disabled when using the Simple MAPI functions provided by Outlook 2010.

ADDED:

• Support for Office 2013 RTM.
• ClickTwice module, a new class to access ClickTwice features and events.
• OnBeforeDisplayAlerts, OnRegister and OnUnregister events to the ADXAddinModule, ADXXLLModule, ADXRTDServerModule and ADXSmartTagModule modules.
• DisplayAlerts property to the ADXRTDServerModule and ADXSmartTagModule modules.

FIXED:

• Outlook 2013 x64 crashed on Windows 8 when loading advanced regions.
• PreviewKeyDown event of the ADXOlForm form did not work.
• In the Reading Pane layout, an advanced Outlook region didn't display controls containing long strings.
• Pressing the Space key on WPF text box produced double space characters.
• adxLoader.dll did not work on Windows 2000.
• Excel automation add-in did not get registered in Excel 2013.
• In Excel 2013, some XLL functions returned #Null! instead of a value.
• BeforeUninstallControls and AfterUninstallControls events were raised twice.
• An installation package created by the adxpublisher.exe tool was targeted to .NET Framework 4.0 Full only.
• A bug in the visual designer of the ADXRibbonOfficeMenu component.
• Outlook 2013 did not receive emails on a specified schedule.
• SheetId property of the ADXExcelRef class returned an incorrect sheet.

KNOWN ISSUES:

WPF + Office 2000 - 2013 Issues:

• Various issues remain in all Office and .NET Framework versions caused by a partial incompatibility of the WPF core and Office GUI.

WebBrowser Control Issues:

• In Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint, a host application may lose the focus after activating the WebBrowser control residing on an advanced region or advanced task pane.

Outlook 2000-2013 Issues:

• WebViewPane region cannot be used for folders if their WebViewOn and WebViewUrl properties cannot be modified. Possible solution is setting the "Allow Script in shared folders" and "Allow Script in Public Folders" options in the security settings. See the following article for more information: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923933.
• ADXOlForm placed in the WebViewPane region is flickering when switching between folders.

Outlook 2010 and 2013 Issues:

• TopSubpane, BottomSubpane, RightSubpane, LeftSubpane and FolderView regions for appointment folders do not work. You can use the DockTop, DockBottom, DockRight and DockLeft regions as an alternative.
• Add-ins containing advanced regions built on Add-in Express 2009 are incompatible with add-ins built on the higher versions of Add-in Express.
• An ADXOlForm may lose the focus when switching between pages on Inspector windows.
• Another form may become active when switching between Inspector pages if the forms were added to the same region by several add-ins.

Outlook 2010 Issues:

• For the BottomTodoBar region to work correctly, either Appointments or Task List should be enabled in the ToDo bar options.

Outlook 2013 Issues:

• BottomTodoBar region does not work.

Social Connector Outlook Add-in Issues:

• In Outlook 2003 - 2013, advanced regions may work incorrectly if the Social Connector Add-in is enabled/disabled manually. Outlook should be restarted for advanced regions to work correctly.
• In Outlook 2003 - 2013, the ReadingPane region does not work if the Social Connector Add-in is installed.

Excel 2010 and 2013 Issues:

• XLL add-in created for .NET Framework 2.0 crashes 64-bit Excel versions because of an exception in the Marshal.GetFunctionPointerForDelegate method.

InfoPath 2010 and 2013 Issues:

• Native Office custom task panes may not show up when a new instance of InfoPath is opened.

Office 2010 and 2013 x64 Issues:

• "Unable to create specified ActiveX control" exception may be thrown on an x64 host application if an add-in had been registered from Visual Studio before a newly created native Office task pane was added to the AddinModule.TaskPanes collection.