Addin Express 2008 for VCL 2008 description
Developing COM Add-ins for MS Office ? This is the perfect solution for you !

Add-in Express 2008 for VCL 2008 - add-in Express is a program for creating Microsoft Office COM add-ins on Delphi.

Using it you can develop a single add-in that will run across the entire Office suite of applications - MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, FrontPage and MS Project.

Add-in Express hides complexity of implementing the IDTExtensibility2 interface that COM add-in architecture is based on. And using Add-in Express, add-in projects can be created by a couple of clicks.

You create your own toolbars and place buttons, edit boxes, combo boxes, and pop-ups onto them.

Add-in Express correctly handles hiding and deleting controls, as well as moving them to other toolbars. It also allows handling the controls' events. Use Delphi forms, standard controls and components to develop a COM add-in.

Quick Demo project includes a sample COM add-in for all supported apps that creates a number of toolbars and controls.

You get the source code of the sample add-in where you see the use of Office Add-in Express classes as well as details of toolbar and control creation.

Here are some key features of "Addin Express 2008 for VCL 2008":

· 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: Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Project, Microsoft InfoPath, etc.

· Version-neutrality - from Microsoft Office 2000 to 2007
Due to its version-neutral core, Add-in Express for Delphi transparently supports all available Microsoft Office versions, from Microsoft Office 2000 to Microsoft Office 2007, and works with the same perfection on all Microsoft Office editions, from Student to Ultimate.

· The best platform for Microsoft Office development
The bundle of Delphi and Add-in Express gives you the best platform for Microsoft Office development. Delphi produces Win32 code that makes your add-ins compact, fast and easily deployable; Add-in Express offers you a powerful tool for Microsoft Office customization.

· Windows Vista® and Microsoft Office 2007
Add-in Express is completely compatible with Windows Vista including its strict security and implements all newest features introduced by Microsoft Office 2007 such as Ribbon UI, contextual tabs, shared ribbons, the Microsoft Office Menu, Quick Access Toolbar, task panes, etc.

· Visual designers
Forget about routine coding and use visual designers to customize Microsoft Office menus, toolbars, ribbon tabs, task panes, forms, windows, regions, etc. And sure utilize special components when accessing Microsoft Office objects and handling its events.

· Microsoft Excel Task Panes, RTD and UDF
Add-in Express supports Microsoft Excel RTD servers and Microsoft Excel Automation plug-ins. The former enable you to connect Microsoft Excel with real-time data sources, the latter allow you to develop new worksheet functions. Finally, you get task panes for all Microsoft Excel versions.

· Microsoft Outlook-targeted features
For Microsoft Outlook add-ins, Add-in Express not only implements basic technologies but also supplies your Microsoft Outlook plug-ins with new unique features including Advanced Form and View Regions, Microsoft Outlook-context sensitivity, application-level keyboard shortcuts and more.

· True RAD - you write applied code only
Add-in Express for Delphi is completely based on the Rapid Application Development (True RAD) 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.


Limitations:

· 30 days trial