Develop IE add-on, toolbar for Internet Explorer 6 and 7 in VB.NET, C#, C++
Add-in Express™
for Internet Explorer® and Microsoft® .net
Add-in Express for Internet Explorer is the first visual tool for developing Internet Explorer add-ons. It completely supports the Internet Explorer extensibility API and makes add-on development and deployment very comfortable.
Visual designers: you write functional code only
Add-in Express is entirely based on the Rapid Application Development approach and empowers you to develop professional extensions for Internet Explorer with a couple of clicks. Add-in Express is written in C#, its programming model and run-time code are based on the Internet Explorer SDK and thus far provide the most effective way to extend the IE GUI, access Internet Explorer objects and handle their events.
With Add-in Express your Internet Explorer add-ons are thread-safe, secure, isolated, deployable and context sensitive. Using Add-in Express your IE add-ons are able to (see the picture below):
- Customize vertical or horizontal Explorer bars with any .net controls - (1).
- Create custom toolbars using .net controls and user control components - (2).
- Extend any Internet Explorer pop-up menus, or context menus with your own items - (3).
- Add new items to the built-in menu bar - (4).
- Add new buttons to the built-in IE toolbar - (5).
- Add custom keyboard shortcuts.
- Develop Internet Explorer browser helper objects.

Add-in Express for Internet Explorer features and benefits
Internet Explorer extensibilityBased on the Internet Explorer extensibility, Add-in Express provides you with an integrated solution that allows adding to the Internet Explorer GUI your custom menu items, toolbar buttons, context menus, toolbars, side-bars and keyboard shortcuts. Learn more... |
Integrated solution in focusAdd-in Express integrates all Internet Explorer extensibility features in one solution with a strong architecture and a lucid interaction model with Internet Explorer objects. You needn't follow the IE SDK way with separate ActiveX-es, script files and registry keys. Learn more... | |
Visual designersAdd-in Express provides a component-centric model for programming IE add-ons. You use visual designers and components to customize the Internet Explorer menu, toolbar or side-bars, and to access Internet Explorer objects and their events. Learn more... |
Deployment experienceDeployment is the premium feature of all Add-in Express projects. Each your solution based on Add-in Express contains a setup project based on the Windows Installer technology. Just build your solution and deliver the resulting msi to end-user PCs. Learn more... | |
Deep integration with the "main" Add-in ExpressAdd-in Express adds a special template to MS Office add-in projects based on Add-in Express for Microsoft .NET. It allows you to create Office add-ins and Internet Explorer add-ons with common code base in the framework of one project. Learn more... |
True RAD - you write applied code onlyAdd-in Express is completely based on the True RAD paradigm and enables you to reduce the time you spend on COM interfaces, IE-related registry entries and IE add-on deployment. You write applied code only, Add-in Express implements everything else. Learn more... | |
Our customer says:
"This morning, while talking with a prospect, they told me that a competing vendor told them they would add a feature that would let them import emails into their software in a fairly unique way. My response? Of COURSE we can do that too! What I didn't tell them was that I didn't know jack or squat about Outlook add-ins. Enter Add-in Express.
Less than four hours later, I had a fully integrated add-in which did exactly what the client wanted. Did I mention that I didn't require any support or assistance, and did everything based on the manual and demos from the website? No? Well, that's a pretty big deal for me. :-) So, if you need to integrate with Outlook, or with MS Office in general, check out this product. It's amazing. ."
Tim Sullivan, Unlimited Intelligence Limited - More customers say...
See Also
- Building Internet Explorer add-on based on IE API
- Create Internet Explorer BHO based on IE SDK
- Designers for creating IE add-on, Explorer bar
- Internet Explorer add-on deployment
- Add-in Express for Internet Explorer requirements
- Add-in Express for Internet Explorer feature matrix and prices
- Develop Internet Explorer add-on toolbar in .NET: C#, VB. C++
Next: Customizing IE UI: toolbar, context menu, commands, Explorer bar
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