‘Video HowTo samples’ category archive
Video HowTo: Creating an XLL add-in for Excel 2000 – 2007 (VB.NET)
Dmitry Kostochko | April 23rd, 2010
Looking at the list of already published video howto samples, I just realized that most of them target Outlook. This is no wonder at all, because every MS Office developers would confirm that Outlook is the most in-demand application from the Microsoft Office family... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Resize Advanced Task Pane programmatically (VB.NET)
Dmitry Kostochko | April 9th, 2010
To resize your custom Office task pane, you need to use the trivial Width and Height properties of the particular instance of your task pane. There is just one important thing - the Splitter property should be set to None... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Intercept clicking on standard Office Ribbon controls (VB.NET)
Dmitry Kostochko | April 2nd, 2010
The answer is very simple indeed - you can use the ADXRibbonCommand component. The main difficulty is that you need to know IDs of standard controls. You can find a list of all available control IDs on the Microsoft web-site (see the link at the end of this post)... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Intercept clicking on Outlook buttons (VSTO)
Dmitry Kostochko | April 2nd, 2010
There is an easy solution: you can use the ADXRibbonCommand component. Basically there is only one thing that may present some difficulties to you - knowing the ID of the standard Control. However, you can visit Microsoft website to find the list of all available control IDs (please see the link below). Everything else is as easy as pie with Add-in Express... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: ClickOnce installation for Office add-in in minutes (VB.NET)
Dmitry Kostochko | March 26th, 2010
This visual sample is purposed mainly for novices in Office development. It demonstrate the facilities of the ClickOnce technology with regard to installation of a simple Excel add-in based on Add-in Express with Advanced Excel Task Panes... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Customize Fluent Ribbon UI in Outlook 2007 Inspectors (VB.NET)
Dmitry Kostochko | March 19th, 2010
Most of Office 2007 applications have the Fluent Ribbon UI. Today we will explore the most popular methods of customizing this part of the user interface on example of Outlook 2007 Inspectors... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Customize Fluent Ribbon UI in Outlook 2007 Inspectors (VSTO)
Dmitry Kostochko | March 19th, 2010
Most Office 2007 applications have the Fluent Ribbon UI. Today we will have a look at the most frequently used methods of modifying this part of user interface and we’ll take Outlook 2007 Inspectors as an example... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Customize Outlook Inspector using Advanced Outlook Regions (VB.NET)
Dmitry Kostochko | March 13th, 2010
This video HowTo showcases the capabilities of Add-in Express Advanced Regions for customizing inspectors in Outlook 2000 - 2007. Using Advanced Regions you can embed any .net forms into a native Outlook Inspector window and position it to the right, to the left, above or below the inspector window, or overlaying it... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Customize Outlook Inspector using Advanced Outlook Regions (VSTO)
Dmitry Kostochko | March 13th, 2010
This visual HowTo showcases will demonstrate what Add-in Express Advanced Regions can offer you for modifying Outlook 2007 inspectors. Using Advanced Regions you can embed your .net form into a native Outlook Inspector window and place it to the left, to the right, at the top or at the bottom of the inspector window or even overlay it... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Customize Outlook Inspector toolbars (VB.NET)
Dmitry Kostochko | March 5th, 2010
Today we are going to explore the capabilities of the ADXOlInspectorCommandBar component that you can use to add your own toolbars and modify existing ones in Outlook 2000, XP and 2003. This component as well as ADXOlExplorerCommandBar is context-sensitive... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Modify Outlook Inspector command bars (VSTO)
Dmitry Kostochko | March 5th, 2010
This visual sample highlights the capacities of the ADXOlInspectorCommandBar component that you can use to add your own toolbars and modify existing ones in Outlook 2003. Like ADXOlExplorerCommandBar, this component is also context-sensitive... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Customize Outlook Inspector in a VB.NET COM add-in
Dmitry Kostochko | February 26th, 2010
A couple of weeks ago I came across an interesting article on MSDN - Building a C++ Add-in for Outlook 2010. Aha, Outlook 2010, I need to scrutinize it when I have a spare minute, definitely I will find something remarkable there. This is what I thought when added a new task with the link to that article to my TODO list. Well, I've got a spare minute today... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Customize Outlook Inspector menu (VB.NET)
Dmitry Kostochko | February 19th, 2010
This is yet another short HowTo sample of the serious exploring all possible ways of the Outlook UI customization. And today we will show you how to customize the Inspector main menu in Outlook 2000-2003... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Customize Outlook Inspector menu (VSTO)
Dmitry Kostochko | February 19th, 2010
We continue a series of short video HowTo samples that focus on various ways of customizing the Outlook user interface. Today we are going to look into the main menu of Outlook 2003 Inspector... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Customize Outlook Explorer using Add-in Express regions (VB.NET)
Dmitry Kostochko | February 5th, 2010
This video HowTo showcases the capabilities of Add-in Express Advanced Regions for customizing Outlook 2000 - 2007 views. Using advanced regions you can embed your .net form into a native Outlook view and customize such Outlook Explorer parts as Reading Pane, List of items (Supergrid), place your custom form under the Navigation Pane, etc... Read the rest of this entry →
Video HowTo: Customize Outlook Explorer using Add-in Express Regions (VSTO)
Dmitry Kostochko | February 5th, 2010
Today's HowTo sample is devoted to the capabilities of Add-in Express Advanced Regions for modifying Outlook 2007 views. You can use Advanced Regions to embed your .NET form into a native Outlook view and modify such Outlook Explorer parts as Reading pane, List of items (Supergrid), place your custom form under the Navigation pane, etc... Read the rest of this entry →