Posts Tagged ‘Visual Studio’
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 →
Technical Evangelist, Add-in Express 2010 for IE and news from “office” fields
Eugene Starostin | March 18th, 2010
This post is in fact a copy of the newsletter that I sent out yesterday. I have to admit the newsletter was quite a success and brought the results much better than I had hoped for :) But let's not put the cart before the horse, first comes a story... Read the rest of this entry →
Why not to use Visual Studio 2003 (.NET Framework 1.1) for developing Office extensions
Andrei Smolin | March 18th, 2010
We insist on not using .NET Framework 1.1. Why? Because there is a high probability that an Office extension developed with this .NET Framework version will break down other Office extensions developed in higher .NET Framework versions... Read the rest of this entry →
Supporting several Office versions in an add-in. Interop assemblies and late binding.
Andrei Smolin | March 16th, 2010
When accessing a COM type library in .NET via early binding you need to use a corresponding interop. An interop for an Office application is a .NET assembly providing meta-information about objects, properties, methods, and parameters available in the type library (=object model) of the Office application. Microsoft provides interops for all Office applications starting from Office version 2002... 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 →
Visual Studio 2010, Office 2010 and Add-in Express 2010
Eugene Starostin | March 5th, 2010
Every time when I set about to write on some topic like this, I am torn by internal strife - whether to develop a theme in such a major-marketing tone, so characteristic of bravura press-releases that have already flooded web-sites of component vendors, or simply publish a post on the blog... 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 →
Add-in Express for Office – Generation 2010 roadmap
Eugene Starostin | February 5th, 2010
We started Generation 2010 in November, 2009 and even had time to release Add-in Express 2010 for Internet Explorer. As for "Office", for quite a long time there have been more questions than answers. And, quite naturally, we've been dependent not only on the plans of Microsoft but Embarcadero's schedule as well... 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 →
Video HowTo: Create Outlook COM add-in: ribbon controls and keyboard shortcuts, part 3
Andrei Smolin | February 4th, 2010
This is the 3rd and the final part of the video series covering the development of Outlook COM add-ins with Add-in Express. You already know how to create a new Outlook COM add-in project and add a custom Outlook commandbar (part 1). You also know how to add a custom pane to Outlook windows and access the Outlook object model (part 2)... Read the rest of this entry →