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

ADDED:

• New visual style of advanced regions and advanced task panes for Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint 2007 and 2010.
• Support for Delphi XE2 Update Pack 3.
• Target property to the TadxBackstageHyperlink class.
• Support for minimized dock-based regions in Outlook 2007 and 2010.
• VisualStyle property to the TadxOlFormsManager, TadxExcelTaskPanesManager, TadxWordTaskPanesManager and TadxPowerPointTaskPanesManager components.

FIXED:

• TadxOlForm placed in the elDockTop layout increased in size after switching Outlook 2007 command bars to the "Large icons" mode.
• Controls using the Anchors property became invisible after restoring a minimized advanced Excel task pane.
• An exception in Outlook 2010 x64 when two or more add-ins added an advanced region to the same dock-based layout.
• An advanced region embedded into the Reading Pane remained invisible after a small Outlook Explorer window was restored to the normal size.
• The size of a dock-based advanced Outlook region was not saved if the Splitter property was set to sbNone.
• Excel 2010 crashed during recalculation of a user-defined function that received data from an RTD Server.

KNOWN ISSUES:

Outlook 2000-2010 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 Issues:

• TopSubpane, BottomSubpane, RightSubpane, LeftSubpane and FolderView regions for appointment folders do not work in Outlook 2010. 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.
• elBottomTodoBar region works only when Appointments or Task List is enabled in the ToDo bar options.

Social Connector Outlook Add-in Issues:

• In Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010, 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, 2007 and 2010, 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 Visual Studio 11 Beta.

ADDED:

• DocumentComplete2 event to the ADXIEModule, ADXIEToolbarModule and ADXIEBarModule classes.
• OnBrowserResized event to the ADXIEModule, ADXIEToolbarModule and ADXIEBarModule classes.
• Support for InstallShield 2012 projects.
• AllowAutoHide property to the ADXIEAdvancedBarItem class.
• MinimumWindowSize property to the ADXIEAdvancedBar class.
• ADXPublisher.exe command line tool for creating and publishing ClickTwice installation packages.
• GetHTMLFromDocument method to the ADXIEHelper class.
• HTMLDocumentText and HTMLDocumentStream properties to the ADXIEModule, ADXIEBarModule and ADXIEToolbarModule classes.

FIXED:

• OnCreateContextMenu event was not raised if a context menu was activated via the Menu key.
• DocumentComplete event was not raised in some cases.
• In Internet Explorer 6, items of the Tools menu may have disappeared after uninstalling an IE add-on.
• OnTabActivated event was not raised in some scenarios.

ADDED:

• Support for Application Pages, Visual Web Parts and User Controls.
• AutoSaveState property and OnBeforeSaveState event to the ADXSPRibbonTab and ADXSPRibbonGroup components.
• OnActivate event to all ribbon controls.
• OnScriptLoaded and OnRibbonReady events to the ADXSPRibbon component.
• IsTabAvailable and SelectTabById client side functions (JavaScript).
• Support for localized resources.

FIXED:

• In Office 365, the OnInitialize event didn't work in some scenarios.
• AutoSaveState property of ribbon controls didn't work if the OnBeforeSaveState event handler was not defined.
• Renaming a Ribbon Designer feature in Visual Studio resulted in incorrect work.
• ADXSPRibbonMenuSection control didn't support empty captions.

FIXED:

• An exception in the ConnectTo method when it was called from an additional thread.
• Slow performance of the ConnectTo method in a Terminal Server environment.

FIXED:

• ConnectTo method raised an exception when used from VB6 applications in some scenarios.
• Slow performance of the ConnectTo method in a Terminal Server environment.

ADDED:

• Ability to import an existing SharePoint Server Ribbon UI from XML files.
• ADXSPRibbonGroupSection, ADXSPRibbonGroupSeparator and ADXSPRibbonStrip components.
• Support for dynamic menu items.

ALTERED:

• Significant modifications in the Advanced Outlook Regions core to ensure compatibility with other Add-in Express products in Outlook 2010 x64.

FIXED:

• "Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow" exception when an advanced region was used in Outlook 2010 x64.
• An exception when changing the Text property of the ADXOlForm class using the Timer.Tick event handler.
• Unexpected Unicode symbols were added to a message body when composing the email in some scenarios.

KNOWN ISSUES:

WPF + Office 2003 - 2010 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 2003-2010 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.
• ADXOlForm placed in the WebViewPane region is flickering when switching between folders.

Outlook 2010 Issues:

• TopSubpane, BottomSubpane, RightSubpane, LeftSubpane and FolderView regions for appointment folders do not work in Outlook 2010. We recommend using 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.
• BottomTodoBar region works only when Appointments or Task List is enabled in the ToDo bar options.

Social Connector Outlook Add-in Issues:

• In Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010, advanced form regions may work incorrectly if the Social Connector Add-in is enabled/disabled manually. Outlook should be restarted for advanced form regions to work correctly.
• In Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010, the ReadingPane region does not work if the Social Connector Add-in is installed.

ADDED:

• CommandBarsUpdate event to the ADXExcelAppEvents, ADXWordAppEvents and ADXPowerPointAppEvents components.
• ADXPublisher.exe command line tool for creating and publishing ClickOnce and ClickTwice installation packages.

ALTERED:

• Significant modifications in the Advanced Outlook Regions and Advanced Task Panes core to ensure compatibility with other Add-in Express products in 64-bit Office applications.

FIXED:

• "Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow" exception when an advanced region was used in Outlook 2010 x64.
• An exception when changing the Text property of the ADXOlForm class using the Timer.Tick event handler.
• Unexpected Unicode symbols were added to a message body when composing the email in some scenarios.
• In Excel, ADXAfterCellEdit event was not raised after closing the "Select Range" dialog.
• AdxCommandBarAdvancedControl lost its parent in some cases.
• Uninstallation of a Word 2003 add-in containing the ADXMainMenu component failed in some scenarios.
• An exception when the Localizable property of the ADXAdditionalModule class was set to true.
• Memory leaks when an XLL used the ADXXLLModule.CallWorksheetFunction method to call built-in Excel functions.
• Excel crashed when an XLL function returned a huge array of data.

KNOWN ISSUES:

WPF + Office 2000 - 2010 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 placed on an advanced region or advanced task pane.

Outlook 2000-2010 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.
• ADXOlForm placed in the WebViewPane region is flickering when switching between folders.

Outlook 2010 Issues:

• TopSubpane, BottomSubpane, RightSubpane, LeftSubpane and FolderView regions for appointment folders do not work in Outlook 2010. We recommend using 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 Add-in Express 2010.
• 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.
• BottomTodoBar region works only when Appointments or Task List is enabled in the ToDo bar options.

Social Connector Outlook Add-in Issues:

• In Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010, 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, 2007 and 2010, the ReadingPane region does not work if the Social Connector Add-in is installed.

Excel 2010 Issues:

• XLL add-in created for .NET Framework 2.0 crashes Excel 2010 x64 due to an exception in the Marshal.GetFunctionPointerForDelegate method.

InfoPath 2010 Issues:

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

Office 2010 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.

ALTERED:

• Significant modifications in the Advanced Outlook Regions and Advanced Task Panes core to ensure compatibility with other Add-in Express products in 64-bit Office applications.

FIXED:

• "Arithmetic operation resulted in an overflow" exception when an advanced region was used in Outlook 2010 x64.
• An exception when changing the Text property of the ADXOlForm class using the Timer.Tick event handler.
• Unexpected Unicode symbols were added to a message body when composing the email in some scenarios.
• In Excel, ADXAfterCellEdit event was not raised after closing the "Select Range" dialog.
• AdxCommandBarAdvancedControl lost its parent in some cases.

KNOWN ISSUES:

WPF + Office 2003 - 2007 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 placed on an advanced region or advanced task pane.

Outlook 2003-2010 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.
• ADXOlForm placed in the WebViewPane region is flickering when switching between folders.

Outlook 2010 Issues:

• TopSubpane, BottomSubpane, RightSubpane, LeftSubpane and FolderView regions for appointment folders do not work in Outlook 2010. We recommend using 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 Add-in Express 2010.
• 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.
• BottomTodoBar region works only when Appointments or Task List is enabled in the ToDo bar options.

Social Connector Outlook Add-in Issues:

• In Outlook 2003, 2007 and 2010, 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, 2007 and 2010, the ReadingPane 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.

Office 2010 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.