ADD-IN EXPRESS™

Designer for WiX Toolset history

Designer for WiX Toolset
A quick way to get WiX-based setups ready

28 Mar2022

Designer for Visual Studio WiX Setup Projects - Hotfix

Version 2.0.411

FIXED:

  • Installation failed if Visual Studio 2022 was installed.
20 May2019

Designer for Visual Studio WiX Setup Projects - Public Release

Version 2.0.410

4 May2017

Designer for Visual Studio WiX Setup Projects - Public Release

Version 1.8.206

6 Apr2016

Designer for Visual Studio WiX Setup Projects - Public Release

Version 1.7.205

1 Jul2015

Designer for Visual Studio WiX Setup Projects - Public Release

Version 1.6.204

27 May2015

Designer for Visual Studio WiX Setup Projects - Public Release

Version 1.5.203

26 Feb2015

Designer for Visual Studio WiX Setup Projects - Hotfix

Version 1.4.201

18 Feb2015

Designer for Visual Studio WiX Setup Projects - Public Release

Version 1.4.200

20 Nov2014

Designer for Visual Studio WiX Setup Projects - Public Release

Version 1.3.199

1 Sep2014

Designer for Visual Studio WiX Setup Projects - Public Release

Version 1.2.197

16 Jul2014

Designer for Visual Studio WiX Setup Projects - Public Release

Version 1.1.196

6 May2014

Designer for Visual Studio WiX Setup Projects - Public Release

Version 1.0.195

19 Mar2014

Designer for Visual Studio WiX Setup Projects - Beta 2

Version 1.0.190

25 Nov2013

Designer for Visual Studio WiX Setup Projects - Beta 1

Version 1.0.189

  • Products
  • Designer for WiX Toolset
  • History
  • Requirements
  • Latest blog posts
  • Add-in Express sim-ships with Visual Studio 2015 and Office 2016 Preview
  • Creating a web install package using Designer for WiX Toolset
  • Video: Create WiX setup projects using familiar Visual Studio designers

Have any questions? Ask us right now!

Add-in Express Feedback
If you need quick assistance or want to share your concerns, ideas or suggestions, please write to us using this form.
Please fill in the fields below (* indicates required fields ).
Send me a copy
We will keep your e-mail address confidential
  • Products & technologies
  • Office add-ins in .net
  • Office addins in Delphi
  • Advanced Outlook Regions for VSTO
  • Designer for WIX Toolset
  • VDProj to WiX Converter
  • Website
  • Add-in Express Blog
  • Samples
  • HowTo samples for developers
  • Sample add-ins for Excel, Word, Outlook
  • Developer Guides
  • Add-in Express for Office and .net
  • Add-in Express for Office and Delphi
  • Add-in Express for Internet Explorer
  • Designer for WiX Toolset
  • Outlook Security Manager
  • Sign In
  • |
  • Sitemap
  • |
  • Advanced search
  • Company
    • Home
    • Latest news
    • Blogs
    • Customers say
    • Success stories
    • Customers say
    • Our products in action
    • Add-in Express reviews
    • About Add-in Express
    • About us
    • Contact us
  • Products
    • Products
    • Add-in Express for Office and .netNew
    • Add-in Express for Office and Delphi VCLNew
    • Add-in Express for Internet Explorer and .net
    • Regions for Outlook and VSTONew
    • Designer for WiX Toolset
    • VDProj to WiX Converter
    • Security Manager for Microsoft OutlookNew

    Add-in Express™
    for Microsoft® Office and .net

    Solid framework for deep customization of Microsoft Office. Use solution templates, visual designers and components to develop version-neutral, secure and easy deployable extensions for all Office versions.

    Supported Office extensions
    COM add-ins, Outlook plug-ins, RTD servers, smart tags, Excel XLL and UDF

    Requirements
    • Office versions: 2021 - 2000
    • IDE: VS 2022 - 2012; VB.NET, C#, C++/CLI

    Overview Take a tour Customers say

    This technology is now available for our custom development services only. Based on the Add-in Express for Office core, it is designed for building custom-tailored Office add-ins with far less coding than you usually have to do. Plus, it includes all Add-in Express features such as True RAD, visual designers, Outlook view and form regions, etc.

    Extensions: VSTO-based application-level Office add-ins
    Applications: Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, InfoPath
    Office versions: 2003, 2007, 2010 (x86 and x64)
    IDE: VSTO 2005 SE, 2008, 2010; VB.NET, C#

    Overview Outlook-specific features

    Add-in Express™
    for Microsoft® Office and Delphi® VCL

    Get the best platform for building version-neutral, fast and easy deployable plug-ins by using Add-in Express projects templates, visual designers, components and wizards in combination with a perfect Delphi compiler.

    Supported Office extensions
    COM add-ins, Outlook plug-ins, smart tags, Excel RTD and UDF

    Requirements
    • Office versions: 2021 - 2000
    • IDE: Embarcadero Delphi XE2 - Delphi 11 Alexandria

    Overview Customers say Add-in Express blogs

    Add-in Express™
    for Internet Explorer® and Microsoft® .net

    Use this visual tool to create thread-safe, secure, isolated, deployable and context-sensitive Internet Explorer add-ons.

    Use visual designers and components to customize the IE interface with your own buttons, menu items, context menus, side-bars etc.

    Requirements
    • Internet Explorer versions: 6 - 11 (x86, x64)
    • IDE: VS 2010 - 2019; VB.NET, C#, C++/CLI

    Overview Customers say Add-in Express blogs

    Add-in Express™ Regions
    for Microsoft® Outlook® and VSTO

    Use this VSTO extension to develop advanced view and form regions for 17 different areas of the main Outlook Explorer window and all Outlook Inspector windows.

    Supported extensions
    Application-level Outlook add-ins

    Requirements
    • Outlook versions: 2021 - 2003
    • IDE: Visual Studio 2022 - 2012 with VSTO installed

    Overview Basic concepts Form regions View regions

    Designer
    for Visual Studio® and WiX Toolset

    This is an extension for Visual Studio that allows developers to quickly create WiX-based setup projects in a familiar Visual Studio way.

    The Designer for WiX Toolset lets you forget the plain Windows Installer XML and concentrate on your deployment logic. It integrates several editors with the Visual Studio IDE and provides a set of vdproj designers to configure the file system, registry, user interface, custom actions, launch conditions and more for your setup projects.

    Requirements
    • Visual Studio versions: 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019
    • WiX versions: 3.6 and higher

    Overview

    This technology is now available for our custom development services only. This visual toolkit allows creating secure, managed, isolated, deployable and version-neutral plug-ins for Outlook Express and Windows Mail. It provides powerful solution templates, Outlook Express - specific components, visual designers and wizards for advanced customization of Outlook Express menus, toolbars, panes and regions.

    Extensions: Outlook Express plug-ins
    Versions: Outlook Express 6.x, Windows Mail 6.x
    IDE: VS 2005, 2008; VB.NET, C#, C++/CLI

    Overview Getting started

    VDProj to WiX Converter
    for Microsoft® Visual Studio®

    This Visual Studio extension lets you convert any VDProj setup projects to WiX in a click.

    All Visual Studio versions and all vdproj features are supported, including variables, msm and msi packages, custom actions, built-in dialogs, etc.

    Requirements
    • Visual Studio versions: 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2019
    • WiX versions: 3.6 and higher

    Overview Supported features

    Security Manager
    for Microsoft® Outlook

    Add just a few lines of code to bypass the Outlook Object Model guard and avoid security warnings in add-ins and applications that automate Microsoft Outlook.

    Supported application types
    Stand-alone apps, Outlook add-ins

    Requirements
    • Outlook versions: 2021 - 2000
    • Languages: VB.NET, C#, Delphi XE2 - Delphi 11 Alexandria, C++ (MFC/ATL/CLI), VBA, etc.
    • 3 editions in 1 package: .NET, VCL and ActiveX

    Overview Customers say Add-in Express blogs

    The innovative technology for customizing Outlook views and forms. It is included in all Add-in Express for Office products and can be used to extend Outlook views, e-mail, task and appointment windows, To-Do bar, Reading and Navigation panes with your own custom sub-panes.

    Extensions: application-level Outlook add-ins
    Outlook versions: 2000, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010 (x86 and x64)
    .NET Edition: VS 2005, 2008, 2010; VB.NET, C#, C++/CLI
    .NET Framework: 2.0 and higher
    VCL Edition: Delphi 5 - XE

    Outlook regions in .NET Outlook regions in Delphi

    All productsSuccess storiesCustomers saysAdd-in Express reviews
  • Services
    • Custom solutions
    • Benefits
    • Payment models
    • Services
    • Custom solutions for Microsoft Office
    • Custom solutions for Internet Explorer
    • Custom solutions for Outlook Express and Windows Mail
    • Migrating Office solutions to .net
    • Contact us and NDA
    • Contact us to request a quote
    • NDA
  • Downloads
    • Complete downloads list
    • Downloads by product
    • Add-in Express for Office and .net
    • Add-in Express for Office and VCL
    • Add-in Express for Internet Explorer and .net
    • Regions for Outlook and VSTO
    • Designer for WiX Toolset
    • VDProj to WiX Converter
    • Outlook Security Manager
    • Ribbon Designer for SharePoint & Office 365
    • Documentation
  • Support
    • About support service
    • Customers say
    • Contact support service
    • Support service policies
    • Support service resources
    • Learning Center
    • Blogs
    • Forums
    • Add-in Express HOWTOs
    • Add-in Express Power Toys
    • Sample add-ins with source code
  • Forums
    • Forums home
    • Add-in Express for .NET and VSTO
    • Add-in Express for VCL
    • Add-in Express for Internet Explorer
    • Other Add-in Express products
  • Learning center
    • Learning Center
    • Add-in Express for Office and .net
    • Add-in Express for Office and VCL
    • Add-in Express for Internet Explorer and .net
    • Security Manager for Outlook
    • Regions for Outlook and VSTO
    • Ribbon Designer for SharePoint and Office 365
  • Blog
    • Add-in Express blog
    • Blogs by products
    • Microsoft Office and .NET
    • Microsoft Office and Delphi
    • Internet Explorer and .NET
    • VDProj to WiX Converter
    • Office Development
    • Outlook Security Manager
    • Office 365 Development
    • How-to samples
    • HOWTO samples
    • Video HOWTO samples
  • Buy
    • Buy online
    • Subscription renewal
    • Purchase orders
    • Quotes and invoices
    • Enterprise and team licenses
    • Resellers
    • FAQ, EULA and money back
    • Subscriptions comparison
    • Purchase and licensing FAQ
    • Money back guarantee
    • EULA
    • Ask questions
© 2004–2023  Add-in Express
All rights reserved.
Microsoft and the Office logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy.