‘Video HowTo samples’ category archive
Video HowTo: Outlook Explorer regions – TopSubpane region (VB.NET)
Dmitry Kostochko | November 1st, 2010
Today we will give another shot to customizing the Outlook SuperGrid. Our next targeted region is TopSubpane region, which is located above the standard Outlook list of items... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Outlook Explorer regions – BottomSubpane region (VB.NET)
Dmitry Kostochko | October 26th, 2010
Today we will show you how to create a custom form and build it into the Outlook Explorer window under the standard Outlook list of items, also known as Outlook SuperGrid among developers... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Outlook Explorer regions – BottomTodoBar region (VB.NET)
Dmitry Kostochko | October 18th, 2010
Today we will show you how to create your custom form and build it into the Outlook Explorer window under the standard Outlook 2007 and 2010 To-Do bar... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Outlook Explorer regions – BottomNavigationPane region (VB.NET)
Dmitry Kostochko | October 11th, 2010
This sample opens a new series of HowTo videos that will showcase each Outlook region that can be customized using Add-in Express for Office and .net. In today's Video HowTo we will show you how to create your own form and build it into the Outlook Explorer window under the standard Outlook Navigation Pane... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: Create an Office shared add-in – building the GUI
Ty Anderson | September 13th, 2010
I like to tinker with new technologies to see what they can do and how I could potentially use them in the solutions I build for my clients. A lot of the times my tinkering never leads to full understanding of the technology. In such cases, I don't blame myself nor my sometimes fickle love for the latest shiny bits... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Add any .net controls to Internet Explorer toolbars (VB.NET)
Dmitry Kostochko | July 28th, 2010
Besides Explorer bar and Explorer menus, I can suggest looking into one more visual thing that can be quickly customized with Add-in Express for Internet Explorer and .net. This is IE toolbars... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Customize main and context menus in Internet Explorer (VB.NET)
Dmitry Kostochko | July 16th, 2010
Apart from Explorer bar there are a few more things that can be easily customized in Internet Explorer and today we will look into the customization of main menu and context menus. Yes, you can modify them by adding your own menu items... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Create a custom Explorer bar for Internet Explorer (VB.NET)
Dmitry Kostochko | July 8th, 2010
Let's talk about extending Internet Explorer user interface. What visual feature is most frequently used by an average user? I bet it is Favorites, of course after the Address Bar... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: Build and control Advanced Task Panes in Add-in Express 2010
Ty Anderson | July 1st, 2010
What I really write about today is the topic of Office task panes. Office 2003 calls them action panes. Office 2007 and 2010 call them custom task panes. At Add-in Express , they are known as Advanced Task Panes. What are they?... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: Build and control advanced form regions for Outlook 2013 – 2000
Ty Anderson | June 25th, 2010
When it comes to building Office add-ins, Microsoft Outlook is perhaps the most popular application. No doubt that Excel and Word are close behind in popularity but Outlook wins this contest. I believe Outlook wins because it is the first application people open when they arrive in their office and it is the last one they close... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: Add-in Express in-place GUI designers (on an example of Outlook add-in)
Ty Anderson | June 3rd, 2010
A key component of any Office add-in is the custom UI you develop for your users. And with Office, your add-in almost always requires a button or two in the Office menu or Ribbon. Add-in Express has long made it easy to build custom menus (aka CommandBars) and Ribbons... Read the rest of this entry →
Video: How to develop Outlook plugin – architecture and programming model
Ty Anderson | May 26th, 2010
The 2010 version of Add-in Express for Office and .NET will be released soon. As you might expect, the upcoming release will support the significant new features included with Office 2010 while also supporting previous versions of Office (all the way back to Office 2000)... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Create advanced view and form regions in Outlook (Delphi)
Dmitry Kostochko | May 21st, 2010
Today we are going to build an add-in for Microsoft Outlook 2000-2007, in which we create an advanced view region for the Outlook Explorer window and an advanced form region for the Outlook Inspector window... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Create advanced task panes in Excel, Word and PowerPoint (Delphi)
Dmitry Kostochko | May 14th, 2010
As you probably know Add-in Express for Office and VCL allows creating advanced task panes for MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint 2000-2010. Today we'll develop a single add-in project that supports Excel, Word and PowerPoint... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Develop Outlook add-in with custom command bars and ribbon tabs (Delphi)
Dmitry Kostochko | May 7th, 2010
Today we'll develop an add-in for Outlook 2000 - 2007 in Delphi 2009. We are not going to create anything super complex, I will just show you how to work with our visual components at design-time and how it looks in Outlook at run-time... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Support Office command bars and Ribbon UI in one add-in project (VB.NET)
Dmitry Kostochko | April 30th, 2010
Add-in Express supports creating COM add-ins for Office 2000 - 2010. Office 2000, XP and 2003 have a traditional command bar-based user interface, while Office 2007 is partially and Office 2010 is fully ribbonized. "How is it possible to support both types of user interfaces in one COM add-in project?" you may ask... Read the rest of this entry →