Add-in Express 2010 resource map

Add-in Express 2010 resources

This page gives you an outline of the most relevant and newest resources available for Add-in Express 2010 products that will help you keep abreast of the new features and opportunities and use the new facilities to the utmost.

• Product line
• Downloads
• Upgrade policy
• How to purchase
• Blog posts and articles
• Screencasts

Product line

• Add-in Express for Microsoft Office and .net - 2010 release
• Add-in Express for Microsoft Office and VCL - 2010 release
• Add-in Express for Internet Explorer and .net - 2010 release
• Security Manager for Microsoft Outlook - 2010 release

Downloads

• Add-in Express 2010 for Microsoft Office and .net
• Add-in Express 2010 for Microsoft Office and VCL
• Add-in Express 2010 for Internet Explorer and .net
• Security Manager 2010 for Microsoft Outlook

Upgrade policy

If you have an older version of our products, check out the upgrade policy page, you may be surprised to find that you are entitled for a free upgrade. In case you aren't, you can upgrade to all the latest versions from these pages:

• Add-in Express 2010 for Microsoft Office and .net
• Add-in Express 2010 for Microsoft Office and VCL
• Add-in Express 2010 for Internet Explorer and .net
• Security Manager 2010 for Microsoft Outlook

How to purchase

You can purchase all our products online from the order page.

• Add-in Express 2009 for Microsoft Office and .net
• Add-in Express 2009 for Microsoft Office and VCL
• Add-in Express 2010 for Internet Explorer and .net
• Security Manager 2010 for Microsoft Outlook

Blog posts and articles

Here is a complete list of blog posts highlighting the key features and new capabilities of Add-in Express 2010 products and shedding more light on upgrade options and policies:

Add-in Express 2010 for Microsoft Office (.net and VCL)

• Building a Real Time Data for Excel - tutorial based on real experience of building an Excel addin that uses the GoogleMaps APIs
• Advanced region events: how to know that the user expanded your form?
• How to highlight Outlook regions
• 100% version neutrality for your Office extensions - how you can support all applications of Office 2000 to 2010 with a single code base
• Deploying your Add-in Express solutions - MSI Based Installer, ClickOnce, ClickTwice :), InstallShield
• New designers for region and task pane managers in version 6.3 of Add-in Express for Office and .net
• Outlook context sensitivity - how developers can control what interfaces to show based on the folder content and/or the various Outlook item types (Mail, Appointment, Contact, etc.)
• Outlook Advanced Inspector Regions and Add-in Express 2010 - how to add extra functionality to the Outlook Inspector objects using advanced regions and Add-in Express 2010.
• Build an Outlook Northwind Connector with Add-in Express 2010 - how to extend the Outlook reading pane with custom forms using Advanced Outlook Regions
• Outlook Advanced Regions, Folder Views and Add-in Express 2010
• Microsoft Office Project 2010 and Add-in Express 2010
• Microsoft Office Access 2010 and Add-in Express 2010
• Microsoft Office Visio 2010 and Add-in Express 2010 - how to create an add-in for MS Visio 2010 that automatically builds an Organizational chart
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM and Add-in Express 2010
• Insight of Add-in Express Loader - why to always use the most recent version of the loader in your products
• Windows Presentation Foundation, Office 2010 and Add-in Express 2010 - an easy way to use WPF in your own MS Office add-ins
• Office 2010 Admin Templates and Add-in Express
• RTD Servers and Add-in Express 2010
• Novel way to handle Outlook 2010 Fast Shutdown - a utility to test and demonstrate Outlook 2010 fast shutdown mechanism and an example Outlook Add-in
• Smart Tags and Add-in Express 2010
• Controlling Outlook region's state and form's size
• XLL Add-ins and Add-in Express 2010
• Outlook Fast Shutdown: under the yellow hood - insight of Outlook 2010 Fast Shutdown and tips to shut-down correctly
• Images for Microsoft Office applications supported by Add-in Express
• Office 2010 Solutions Module and Add-in Express 2010
• .Net Framework 4, NoPIA and Add-in Express 2010 - what exactly NoPia means to you as an Office COM Add-in developer.
• Office 2010 Backstage View and Add-in Express 2010
• Add-in Express 2010 and Office add-ins: Getting started
• Add-in Express 2010 for Office: new GUI designers and the new guy - Pieter van der Westhuizen intoduces new in-place designers of version 2010 and himself.
• Outlook 2010 Fast Shutdown feature
• Add-in Express 2010 for Office becomes free for Standard packages
• Just two screenshots
• Advanced Office task panes and Office 2010 - first view
• Advanced Outlook regions and Outlook 2010 - first view
• Add-in Express 2010 MSI-based web deployment: Managing updates, part 3
• Add-in Express 2010 MSI-based web deployment: Publishing the application, part 2
• Add-in Express 2010 MSI-based web deployment - ClickTwice :), part 1
• Modifying an existing setup project to support Office 2010, 32-bit and 64-bit, in Add-in Express 2010
• HowTo: Design Outlook form regions with Add-in Express 2010
• Why not to use Visual Studio 2003 (.NET Framework 1.1) for developing Office extensions

Add-in Express 2010 for Internet Explorer and .net

• Add-in Express 2010 MSI-based web deployment: Managing updates, part 3
• Add-in Express 2010 MSI-based web deployment: Publishing the application, part 2
• Add-in Express 2010 MSI-based web deployment - ClickTwice :), part 1
• The Old New Year 2010 and Add-in Express 2010 for Internet Explorer

Security Manager 2010 for Microsoft Outlook

• Outlook Security Manager 2010 deployment: Summary
• Outlook Security Manager 2010 deployment: Reg Free COM & ClickOnce for Outlook 2010 64-bit, part 5
• Outlook Security Manager 2010 deployment: compiling a standalone application with “AnyCPU”, part 4
• Outlook Security Manager 2010 deployment: self-registration in a Visual Studio setup project, part 3
• Outlook Security Manager 2010 deployment: bitness and regsvr32 utility, part 2
• How to show an Outlook Security Manager 2010 deployment, part 1
• HowTo: Deploy Outlook Security Manager with ClickOnce using Reg Free COM, part 2
• HowTo: Deploy Outlook Security Manager with ClickOnce using Reg Free COM
• Bypass Outlook security warnings when sending email messages in MS Access

Screencasts

Add-in Express 2010 for Microsoft Office (.net and VCL)

Here are the most recent screencasts captured with Generation 2010 of Add-in Express products. As you can see, there are very few of them as yet, but we have much more in the pipeline, stay tuned! :)

Video tutorials by Ty Anderson:

• Add-in Express 2010 for Office architecture and programming model - Ty provides an overview of the Add-in Express architecture and programming model on an example of an Outlook COM add-in.
• Add-in Express 2010 in-place GUI designers (on an example of Outlook add-in) - how to work with the new designers to create a custom Ribbon for Outlook 2010 and how to create a custom CommandBar.
• Create an Office shared add-in - building the GUI - how to create an add-in for Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint in 1 project.
• Version neutrality for Office extensions, from Office 2000 to 2010 - how to get an add-in to work on all Office versions from 200 up to 2010.
• Build and control Advanced Task Panes in Add-in Express 2010
• Build and control Advanced Outlook Regions in Add-in Express 2010 - how to build and control Advanced Outlook Regions.
• Add-in Express deployment models - ClickOnce and ClickTwice :) - You invest a significant amount of time building a software solution so don't mess it up when it comes to your deployment.
• Outlook 2010 Solution Modules
• Outlook context sensitivity - how to dynamically change the user interface depending upon what the user is doing within Outlook.

Video HowTo samples:

• Video HowTo: Create a custom view for Outlook folders (WebView region)
• Video HowTo: Customize Outlook FolderView region
• Video HowTo: Customize Outlook 2010 - 2000 SuperGrid (LeftSubpane region)
• Video HowTo: Modify Outlook 2010 - 2000 SuperGrid (RightSubpane region)
• Video HowTo: Outlook Explorer regions - TopSubpane region - how to customize SuperGrid in Outlook 2010 - 2000
• Video HowTo: Outlook Explorer regions - BottomSubpane region (VB.NET)
• Video HowTo: Outlook Explorer regions - BottomTodoBar region (VB.NET) - how to modify Outlook To-Do bar with your forms
• Video HowTo: Customize Outlook Navigation pane - BottomNavigationPane region (VB.NET)

Add-in Express 2010 for Internet Explorer and .net

• Video HowTo: Add any .net controls to Internet Explorer toolbars (VB.NET)
• Video HowTo: Customize main and context menus in Internet Explorer (VB.NET)
• Video HowTo: Create a custom Explorer bar for Internet Explorer in VB.NET
• Video HowTo: Create an Internet Explorer add-on for IE 6, 7 and 8 in VB.NET - see how to add custom commands to the IE CommandBar, add your own context menu items, create a custom IE toolbar and populate it with .NET controls and more.