Creating a standard setup project using WiX Designer
Today, I'll walk you through how to use the Designer for Visual Studio WiX Setup Projects to create a standard install package for desktop application. Along the way, we'll utilize the user interface...
View ArticleVideo: Create WiX setup projects using familiar Visual Studio designers
Visual Studio 2013 is a wonderful code editor. I'm a fan of it (monochrome icons and all). However, I have not adopted as quickly as I thought due to the lack of support for setup projects. This was...
View ArticleHow to implement auto-update for Office add-ins
Automatic updates for software applications' mobile apps have become an everyday occurrence for most users. For a user it provides a level of comfort to know that their software is always up to date...
View ArticleAdd-in Express sim-ships with Visual Studio 2015 and Office 2016 Preview
I am happy to report good news to all Add-in Express users – we are one of the Microsoft partners to sim-ship our products together with the Visual Studio 2015 RC and Office 2016 Preview
View ArticleIntroducing automatic updates for Office extensions
Version 8.3 of Add-in Express for Office and .net added support for automatic updates when using ClickTwice – MSI-based web deployment technology, this technology is closely tied with Add-in Express
View ArticleAdd-in Express sim-ships with Visual Studio 2017 RC
Last month Microsoft published Release Candidate of Visual Studio 2017. We, as Microsoft Visual Studio Industry Partner, were invited to support this version at the RC stage, and we were happy to seize...
View ArticleLocalization of Office add-ins using forms-based resources
The article describes how to create a localized version of an Office add-in by using regular forms-based resources without having to apply them manually to each component, form or control
View ArticleHow to customize MSI installer using Add-in Express ClickTwice custom actions
Let's start with the conclusion: you can deeply customize the UI and behavior of the MSI installer of your Add-in Express based Office extension using a ClickTwice custom action. To see how this works,...
View ArticleUpdating Office COM add-ins automatically
To test the example described below, download and run the application installing the sample COM add-in. When the add-in is installed, you start Excel 2000 - 2016 and find the add-in in the UI. Leave...
View ArticleOffice from Microsoft Store: a spreading source of issues
The number of users having the Office version installed from Microsoft Store increases every day as computer vendors install it by default; see e.g. this support article from Dell. Per-user add-ins and...
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