Add-in Express for Microsoft Office and Delphi VCL

What's new in Add-in Express for CodeGear VCL and Microsoft Office 7?

• Support for Delphi XE2
• Support for Office 2010 x64 applications
• Fixed bug where the OutlookProfileName property returned an empty string in Outlook 2010 x64
• Fixed bug where Excel became visible when run via Automation with an add-in containing advanced task panes

What's new in Add-in Express for CodeGear VCL and Microsoft Office 2010?

• Support for Load on Demand add-ins.
• Support for the Ribbon separator control (TadxRibbonSeparator) in the Office 2010 buttonGroup control (TadxRibbonButtonGroup).
• HostMajorVersion property to the TadxCOMAddInModule class.
• UpdateTopic method to the TadxXLRTDServerModule class.
• Ability to change the RegionState property of advanced regions and advanced task panes in the OnADXBeforeFormShow, OnADXAfterFormShow, OnADXBeforeTaskPaneShow and OnADXAfterTaskPaneShow events.
• Support for ReadingPane regions in Outlook 2010 if the Social Connector Add-in is not installed.

Add-in Express for CodeGear VCL and Microsoft Office Key benefits

• Version-independent extensions. Use the Add-in Express version-neutral core and create one extension for all available Office versions (2000, 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2010) and Office suites (Student, Home, Standard, Professional, Professional Plus, Ultimate, Enterprise).
• Microsoft Office extensibility. Based on the Microsoft Office extensibility, Add-in Express provides you with a component set for creating any types of Microsoft Office plug-ins. It wraps all necessary technologies to interact with all Microsoft Office applications: Outlook, Excel, Word, Visio, Project, etc.
• Support for Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010 (32-bit). Add-in Express is completely compatible with Windows 7 including its strict security and implements all newest features introduced in Microsoft Office 2010 such as Office Ribbon UI, contextual tabs, shared ribbons, the Microsoft Office Menu, Quick Access Toolbar, Backstage View task panes, etc
• Advanced Outlook customization offers a GUI for your Outlook plug-ins. For Microsoft Outlook add-ins, Add-in Express not only implements basic technologies but also supplies your Microsoft Outlook plug-ins with new features including Advanced Form and View Regions, Microsoft Outlook-context sensitivity, application-level keyboard shortcuts and more.
• Advanced Excel features. They include Advanced Excel Task Panes as well as components and project templates for developing RDT servers, user-defined functions and Excel Automation add-ins.
• Visual designers. Forget about routine coding and use visual designers to customize Microsoft Office menus, toolbars, ribbon tabs, task panes, forms, windows, regions, etc. Also, make use of special components when accessing Microsoft Office objects and handling its events.
• A good platform for Microsoft Office development. Delphi produces Win32 code that makes your add-ins compact, fast and easily deployable.
• True RAD - you write applied code only. Add-in Express for Delphi is completely based on the Rapid Application Development paradigm and allows you to reduce the time you used to spend on COM add-in, smart tag and RTD server development at least by half.

Add-in Express for CodeGear VCL and Microsoft Office Main features
Here is a list of what you can do using Add-in Express project templates, components and visual designers:

• Add new and customize existing toolbars, menus and pop-ups for all Microsoft Office 2000 - 2007 applications.
• Create new or customizing existing tabs for the Microsoft Office 2010 and 2007 Ribbon UI.
• Tune up the Quick Access Toolbar and the Office Menu for Office 2007.
• Build the Backstage View for Office 2010.
• Customize Outlook 2010 – 2000 windows, views and forms with advanced regions.
• Completely replace Outlook views with your Delphi forms (as Outlook Today).
• Develop advanced custom task panes for Microsoft Office 2000 - 2010 applications: Excel, Word, PowerPoint.
• Create application-level keyboard shortcuts or override any existing shortcuts.
• Add you own property pages to Outlook folders as well as to the Tools | Options dialog.
• Intercepting any built-in controls, such as the Send button in Outlook, the Save and Save As buttons in Word, the Find button in Excel, etc.
• Create Smart Tag recognizers and their actions.
• Program Excel real-time data servers.
• Develop new Excel worksheet functions (UDF).
• Access any Office objects, their properties and methods, handle their events.

The Premium Edition includes:

• Fully functional copy of Add-in Express
• One lifetime license
• Run-time source code
• Design-time source code
• COM Add-ins for Microsoft Office 2000 - 2010
• Smart Tags for Microsoft Office 2002 - 2010
• RTD Servers for Microsoft Excel 2002 - 2010
• Automation Add-ins (UDFs) for Excel 2002 - 2010
• Outlook customization with the Advanced Outlook Regions
• Bypassing Outlook E-mail Security Guard
• 100% compatibility and maintainability assurances
• 1 year subscription to minor updates
• 1 year subscription to new major versions
• 1 year subscription to priority technical support service
• 1 year subscription to solution research service
• 1 year of participation in beta programs
• Features or bug-fixes at your request
• Escalation of your issues to core developers
• Code review at your request

 The Professional Edition includes:

• Fully functional copy of Add-in Express
• One lifetime license
• Run-time source code
• COM Add-ins for Microsoft Office 2000 - 2010
• Smart Tags for Microsoft Office 2002 - 2010
• RTD Servers for Microsoft Excel 2002 - 2010
• Automation Add-ins (UDFs) for Excel 2002 - 2010
• Outlook customization with the Advanced Outlook Regions
• 100% compatibility and maintainability assurances
• 1 year subscription to minor updates
• 1 year subscription to new major versions
• 1 year subscription to technical support service
• 1 year of participation in beta programs

 The Standard Edition includes:

• Fully functional copy of Add-in Express
• One lifetime license
• COM Add-ins for Microsoft Office 2000 - 2010
• Smart Tags for Microsoft Office 2002 - 2010
• RTD Servers for Microsoft Excel 2002 - 2010
• Automation Add-ins (UDFs) for Excel 2002 - 2010
• Outlook customization with the Advanced Outlook Regions
• 100% compatibility and maintainability assurances
• 1 year subscription to minor updates
• 60 days subscription to technical support service