‘Add-in Express for Office and .net’ category archive
Add-in Express for Office and .net / VSTO / VCL – Which product do I choose?
Eugene Starostin | January 14th, 2009
A rare day passes when we do not receive a question like that. We have several template answers which are helpful in some degree in deciding which Add-in Express edition to choose. But I am not satisfied with any of the templates. Now I will try to depict everything that makes a real difference between three editions of Add-in Express for Office, and all that is worth taking into consideration when choosing the edition right for you.... Read the rest of this entry →
Add-in Express 2009 Roadmap – Part 2
Eugene Starostin | December 24th, 2008
I have discovered an interesting fact. My posts on this blog led to the increased number of messages in my Inbox. But practically no one writes directly here, to the blog. The main goal is reached, though – we have got one more tool for communication with our customers... :-)... Read the rest of this entry →
The New Year 2009 is coming!
Eugene Starostin | December 22nd, 2008
The New Year is coming! For the last seven days I'm saying these words every time I step over the threshold of our office. Do you feel there is something special in the air? :) So, I will be brief...... Read the rest of this entry →
Migrate the code of your Office solution from Win32 and VBA code to .NET
Andrei Smolin | December 19th, 2008
As you probably know the .NET Framework provides a number of advantages when compared to Win32 programming. Say, administrators have by far more control over your code – they may restrict your code to use these or those resources or permissions. While it puts some limits on developers, companies are able to build environments that are safer and more controllable. ... Read the rest of this entry →
CodeGear Delphi Prism and Microsoft Office extensions
Eugene Starostin | December 17th, 2008
Embarcadero, continuing to support Delphi for Win32, is about to launch onto the market the version of Visual Studio 2008 Standard with Delphi for .NET built in. To be more precise, this is not the original Delphi for .NET, nor is it a reincarnation of Delphi 8, it is a "new" .NET-oriented programming language, which, however, already has a rich history. ... Read the rest of this entry →
HowTo: Exchange Data using the Outlook Attachments collection
Dmitry Kostochko | December 12th, 2008
Normally Outlook developers use the MailItem.UserProperties collection to send and receive some additional information with email messages. In this sample add-in for Microsoft Outlook, I suggest a slightly different approach ...... Read the rest of this entry →
Add-in Express 2009 Roadmap
Eugene Starostin | November 28th, 2008
Many of you have already enquired about our roadmap for the year 2009. Its rough outline is ready, but as you understand, we reserve the right to introduce some changes. Well, now in more detail...... Read the rest of this entry →
Developers wanted for Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer and Outlook Express projects
Andrei Smolin | November 26th, 2008
If you do programming for Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer or Outlook Express and have some experience in copywriting, then take a minute to read this page to the end. I am sure we’ll make a bargain.... Read the rest of this entry →
When Outlook add-ins collide: things far-fetched and real
Andrei Smolin | November 21st, 2008
If you develop an Outlook add-in in VSTO, you would definitely like to know how your add-in may affect (or might be affected by) another Outlook add-in, the Outlook client for Microsoft Dynamics CRM.... Read the rest of this entry →
Don't stumble over a stone working with the PropertyAccessor and StorageItem classes in Outlook 2007
Eugene Astafiev | November 21st, 2008
There are plenty of articles in the web dwelling upon new possibilities of Outlook 2007 programming. Among the most frequently discussed issues is how to access and set various MAPI properties and how the PropertyAccessor can help with this. Let's have a close look at the new classes which were introduced in Outlook 2007 and […]... Read the rest of this entry →
When to release COM objects in Office add-ins developed in .NET
Andrei Smolin | October 30th, 2008
I like working at the support desk. I've become much closer to developers' needs and musts. They hit me with releasing COM objects in COM add-ins written VB.NET and C#. I’ve collected most common questions and my answers on this page. Well, let's go... Read the rest of this entry →
Handling NewMail, NewMailEx and ItemAdd Outlook events in .NET
Eugene Astafiev | April 25th, 2008
Sometimes you need to process incoming e-mails and meeting requests in order to retrieve sender data for your CRM, to save attachments to your Document Management System (DMS), to process automated e-mails, or to convert selected incoming messages to plain text. Whenever you need to track incoming e-mails, you face the following Outlook events: NewMail, NewMailEx, and ItemAdd. ... Read the rest of this entry →
Office add-in localization: ribbon and commandbar controls, task panes etc.
Andrei Smolin | April 19th, 2008
To localize your COM add-in, you need to know the language settings of the Office application (host application) that the add-in is currently loaded in. In this post you will find some VB.NET and Delphi code samples of localizing your COM add-ins.... Read the rest of this entry →
How to customize Outlook Today page programmatically?
Andrei Smolin | April 11th, 2008
In this post, I show you how to create a custom Outlook home folder page and enrich it with VBScript. Also I reveal the .NET way provided by Add-in Express: you create a custom .NET form and show it in the same way as Outlook Today does.... Read the rest of this entry →
How to get access to hidden Outlook items via Extended MAPI?
Eugene Astafiev | April 7th, 2008
Microsoft Outlook and Exchange are among the most popular applications utilizing MAPI. Add-in Express provides Outlook developers with a free component, MAPI Store Accessor, that hides MAPI complexities to provide developers with easy access to MAPI features.... Read the rest of this entry →
Build Outlook add-in in .NET to manage Outlook templates & signatures
Andrei Smolin | March 28th, 2008
How to avoid a boring and time consuming work of retyping the sane words and phrases in Outlook correspondence. Let's develop an Outlook add-in that will keep and manage all our template phrases and signatures.... Read the rest of this entry →