Delphi - Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint add-in / plug-in samples
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Note. The most recent HowTo samples are published on Add-in Express blog. Be sure to check it out, we add new HowTo examples every week. Outlook generalHow to create your first Microsoft Outlook add-in in DelphiYou can find this Delphi project in the Add-in Express online Developer's Guide (see Creating your first Outlook plug-in in Delphi). It demonstrates the following features of Add-in Express for Office and VCL:
See the complete list of Add-in Express for VCL features that speed up the development of Outlook COM add-ins, such as Advanced Outlook View and Form Regions, Outlook context-sensitivity, integrated Outlook-specific events, Navigation pane shortcuts and more. How to scan Outlook folders using DelphiThis Delphi example shows how you can scan folders in Outlook 2000, XP, 2003 and 2007 to get their tree view. How to add custom menu items to the popup menu in ExplorerThis Delphi Outlook example shows how to add custom menu items to the Outlook Explorer context menu. How to create a command bar and command bar controls at run time in OutlookThis Win32 sample shows how to add a new control (button) to your Outlook toolbar. How to modify the CommandBarComboBox (ADXCommandBarComboBox) properties at run timeIf you need to change the ADXCommandBarComboBox properties at run-time, download this Delphi sample. Ho to add a new item to the Outlook context menuThis Win32 sample shows how you can add several items to an Outlook context menu and connects to their Click events via IConnectionPoint. How to add a property page to the Tools | Option menu in OutlookThis Delphi example for Outlook demonstrates how to add a property page to the Outlook Tools | Options... dialog box. How to save and restore the position of a temporary Outlook command bar in DelphiSample add-in for Delphi 5 - 2010 How to handle the BeforeCheckNames event of the Outlook MailItem interfaceSample add-in for Delphi 5 - 2010 How to create an Outlook Bar shortcut in Delphi?Sample add-in for Delphi 5 - 2010 How to get access to MAPIFolder within Outlook Property PageThis Delphi example shows how to access MAPIFolder when dealing with Outlook Property or Option pages. Advanced Outlook RegionsHow to move a custom VCL form embedded into Outlook window from one form region to anotherThis sample Delphi Outlook add-in shows how you can change a layout of your custom VCL form embedded into Outlook windows. The add-in creates a commandbar (a Ribbon tab in Office 2007) and allows choosing the layout from a combo box. The form used in this sample processes the SelectionChange event of Outlook Explorer. Source code included. How to cache forms embedded into Outlook Explorer windowsThis Delphi sample demonstrates the Advanced Form Region caching functionality available for forms embedded into Outlook Explorer windows. The developer can use this functionality to create the form which will preserve its data when the user switches between folders. There are three caching options for such forms: Non-cached, NewInstanceForEachFolder, and OneInstanceForAllFolders. Forms embedded into Outlook Inspector windows are always non-cached. How to change the size of a form embedded into Outlook windowThis Delphi add-in demonstrates the form-sizing features available for Advanced Form Regions in Outlook 2000 - 2007. There are two options depending on the visibility of the splitter (as set by the developer): if the splitter is visible, the user can change the form size and the developer can not. To change the form size programmatically, the developer sets the Splitter.Visible property to false. How to identify the form in an Advanced Form regionThis Delphi example shows how to identify the instance of the form embedded into an Outlook window. You have several forms marked with a GUID. When you click a toolbar button (a Ribbon button in an Outlook 2007 inspector), the add-in identifies the currently active form instance and shows its GUID. How to control the visibility of a form in an advanced form regionThis Delphi sample add-in demonstrates the typical use of forms embedded into Outlook windows: hiding and showing the form in Explorer and Inspector windows. Events of Reading Pane, Navigation Pane, and To-Do barThis sample project for Delphi demonstrates the use of events missing in Outlook:
More about customization of Outlook Navigation pane, Reading pane, To-Do bar. How to use several forms in the same Advanced Outlook Form RegionThis add-in demonstrates how to use several custom forms embedded into the same advanced Outlook form region. Click on a RadioButton on the Controlling form to activate the corresponding ADXOlForm. More about Advanced Outlook Form Regions. How to switch between the standard Outlook explorer view and WebViewPane viewThis sample Outlook add-in shows how you can switch between the standard Outlook explorer view and the WebViewPane view. How to create an advanced region in Outlook 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007?Sample add-in for Delphi 5 - 2010 Outlook eventsHow to handle the ItemSend event of Microsoft OutlookThis Delphi Outlook sample demonstrates how to handle the ItemSend event. How to handle the SelectionChange event in DelphiYou can find this example useful if you are doing your first steps in Outlook development. How to handle the Outlook ExplorerClose eventYet another example of handling Outlook events How to connect to FolderAdd, FolderChange, and FolderRemove events in Outlook?Sample add-in for Delphi 5 - 2010 How to connect to ItemAdd, ItemChange, and ItemRemove events in Outlook?Sample add-in for Delphi 5 - 2010 Excel generalHow to create your first Excel RTD serverSee how to build an Excel Real-Time Data server step-by-step in the online Add-in Express Developer's Guide (Building Excel RTD server). The sample RTD server project is written in Delphi. How to handle the WorkbookBeforeSave event of MS Excel in DelphiHow to create an Excel command bar and command bar controls at run time in DelphiHow to pass a parameter to an RTD function in DelphiHow to work with a command bar button at run-time in DelphiHow to use the TTable component as a data source for RTD serversThis Delphi example shows how to use the TTable component as a data source for Excel real-time data servers. Excel Automation add-ins and user-defined functionsHow to write your first Excel Automation add-inThis sample Excel Automation add-in in Delphi is described in the online Add-in Express documentation (see Excel Automation add-ins). How to create a custom Excel UDF in DelphiThis sample Excel Automation add-in in Delphi shows how to create user-defined functions. Advanced Excel Task PanesHow to re-size an Excel task paneThis add-in illustrates the form-sizing features available for Advanced Task Panes for Excel 2000 - 2007. There are two options depending on the visibility of the splitter: if the splitter is visible, the user can change the form size and the developer cannot. To change the form size programmatically, the developer sets the Splitter.Visible property to false. How to build a context-dependent Advanced Excel Task PaneThe Delphi sample for Excel dynamically shows / hides an Advanced Excel Task Pane when cell A1 contains some value or doesn't contain any. How to use several Advanced Excel Task Panes in one positionThis Delphi example shows how you can use several Excel task panes in one position. Click on a RadioButton on the Controlling Task Pane to activate the necessary TadxExcelTaskPane. Find more about Advanced Excel task panes. How to set the visibility of Advanced Excel Task PaneThis Excel sample for Delphi demonstrates how to prevent TadxExcelTaskPane from being shown and how to show it from a command bar. How to create a custom pane in Excel 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007?This Excel sample for Delphi demonstrates how to prevent TadxExcelTaskPane from being shown and how to show it from the command bar. FrontPageHow to handle the FrontPage OnWindowActivate event in DelphiThis sample shows how to handle the FrontPage OnWindowActivate event in Delphi. ProjectHow to handle the TaskChange event of MS ProjectThis sample demonstrates how to handle the TaskChange event of MS Project in Delphi. Microsoft Office generalHow to develop your first add-in for Microsoft OfficeYou can find this Delphi project in the Add-in Express online Developer's Guide (see Creating your first Office add-in in Delphi). From this example you will learn about the following features of Add-in Express for VCL:
Find the complete list of Add-in Express VCL features which you will certainly find useful when developing Office plug-ins. How to develop your first smart tag in DelphiFind how to program smart tags in Delphi in the online Add-in Express documentation. See also Add-in Express VCL smart tag flash video. How to implement a custom recognizer for a Smart Tag?Sample add-in for Delphi 5 - 2010 How to create a custom Office toolbar in DelphiThis Delphi sample shows how to develop a custom Excel command bar and a command button. How to intercept keyboard combinations pressed by the user?This sample add-in for Outlook intercepts Alt+W, Alt+R, Alt+L shortcuts. How to use Add-in Express 2 with projects based on Add-in Express 1.xThis Delphi sample shows how to use Add-in Express with projects based on Add-in Express 1.x. How to use MSForms components in my add-in?Available downloads: |
