Posts Tagged ‘VB.NET’
Video HowTo: Outlook Explorer regions – RightSubpane region (VB.NET)
Dmitry Kostochko | November 8th, 2010
We will continue our efforts in modifying the Outlook SuperGrid so that it looks and functions exactly as we need it. Today we are going to focus on the RightSubpane region, which is located to the right of the standard Outlook list of items... Read the rest of this entry →
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 – 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 →
Visio 2010: Writing COM add-ins in C# and VB.NET
Pieter van der Westhuizen | September 20th, 2010
The beauty about Add-in Express is that it allows you to write add-ins for those Microsoft Office applications that you wouldn't even have thought it possible. In this post I'll show you how to create an add-in for MS Visio 2010 that automatically builds an Organizational chart for Northwind Traders.
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From VB6 to .NET. At last…
Andrei Smolin | August 13th, 2010
In one of my previous lives, I was a VBA and VB6 developer: ReDim, InStr, Msgbox, If Not Obj Is Nothing and other ugly things were part of that nice life. Now I live another life and have both VB.NET and C# experience gradually shifting to C#. If you are a late wayfarer on the […]... 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 →
HowTo: Communicate with a COM add-in from a standalone application
Dmitry Kostochko | July 2nd, 2010
In order to get a standalone application to communicate with a COM add-in, the application needs to have access to the running host application (Microsoft Excel in our case), get the COMAddins collection, find a needed instance of the add-in there and use reflection to call public methods or retrieve public properties... Read the rest of this entry →
XLL Add-ins and Add-in Express 2010
Pieter van der Westhuizen | June 22nd, 2010
As I've mentioned in one of my previous posts, Excel has become one of my favourite reporting tools in the last few years. It is also the primary tool for anyone doing a data clean-up or conversion project... Read the rest of this entry →
Outlook Security Manager 2010 deployment: Reg Free COM & ClickOnce for Outlook 2010 64-bit, part 5
Renat Tlebaldziyeu | June 4th, 2010
In part 2 of this series HowTo: Deploy Outlook Security Manager with ClickOnce using Reg Free COM we had a close look at how to deploy your standalone application with ClickOnce, if it uses the Outlook Security Manager component... Read the rest of this entry →
.Net Framework 4, NoPIA and Add-in Express 2010
Pieter van der Westhuizen | May 28th, 2010
Let’s take a break from the Northwind Traders application for a while and talk about a new feature available in .Net Framework 4 : NoPIA or Type Embedding. As you all know when we developed Office Add-ins or applications that integrated with the Office suite of products we have to include a reference to the Office PIAs or Primary Interop Assemblies
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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 →
Add-in Express 2010 and Office add-ins: Getting started
Pieter van der Westhuizen | May 14th, 2010
I have used Add-in Express before and can honestly say that if you want to develop an MS Office add-in this product is definitely a worthwhile investment. In this post I’ll explain the benefits and some of the key features of Add-in Express 2010 for Office and .net when creating a small Office Add-in that is shared among Excel, Word and Outlook.... 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 →