Visual designers: you write functional code only

Add-in Express VCL is entirely based on the Rapid Application Development approach and empowers you to develop professional plugins for Microsoft Office with a couple of clicks. The programming model and run-time code of Add-in Express are based on CodeGear VCL for Win32, written in Delphi and make your add-ins, smart tags, Microsoft Excel RTD servers and user-defined functions commercial class and feature-rich.

Add-in Express generates COM-based projects that contain all necessary functionality for Microsoft Office add-ins or smart tags and centralize all technology-specific components through visual designers and RAD modules. More about Office Ribbon designer.

Add-in Express for VCL features and benefits

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 2010 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 2010, and works with the same perfection on all Microsoft Office editions, from Student to Ultimate.

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 make use of 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.