Developing Smart Tags for Word, Excel, Outlook & PowerPoint in Delphi.

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With Add-in Express you can develop Smart Tags for Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook default e-mail editor). The Add-in Express architecture makes possible to create seve project and one recognizer. So, you will not have to learn smart tag interfaces (ISma ISmartTagAction, etc.), just by following the eight steps below, you can develop, com Smart Tag DLL in about 20 minutes. The sample below describes creating a smart tag for Microsoft Word 2007 and Excel 200 Developer Guide, you will find one more smart tag example.

1. Create a smart tag library with Add-in Express wizard

In the Delphi IDE, close all opened projects, select the "File|New|Other:" item on the main me "Add-in Express Smart Tag" wizard on the "Add-in Express" tab of the "New Item" dialo name, the coclass name and the destination folder, click Next and then click Finish. The wizar project and opens it in the Delphi IDE.

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2. Name your smart tag library

In the Project Manager window, select the Smart Tag module (MySmartTag1_IMPL.pas on t activate theObject Inspector, name your Smart Tag library via the SmartTagName proper appear in the AutoCorrect dialog box of host applications).

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3. Add a new smart tag

In the Smart Tag module, select the Add-in Express tab on the Component Palette and a module.

4. Customize your smart tag

In Object Inspector, name the Smart Tag pop-up via the Caption property and specify t

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5. Add recognizable phrases

To add words or phrases to be recognized by your Smart Tag, simply specify them in th collection.

6. Add new items to the smart tag pop-up

To add new items to the Smart Tag pop-up, populate the Actions collection. Every item associated with the corresponding pop-up item.

7. Handle the Click event of pop-up items

To handle the click event of a pop-up item, select the corresponding action object, a Object Inspector, double click on the OnClick event, and enter the code you need. For

procedure TSmartTagModule.adxSmartTag1Actions0Click(Sender: TObject; const AppName: WideString; const Target: IDispatch; const Text, Xml: WideString; LocaleID: Integer); begin if UpperCase(Text) = adxSmartTag1.RecognizedWords[0] then ShowMessage('Smart tags are strings of text that have type information atta them.'); if UpperCase(Text) = adxSmartTag1.RecognizedWords[1] then ShowMessage('Add-in Express VCL is the first visual tool for developing COM Smart Tags, RTD Servers, and Excel Automation Add-ins in Delphi.'); end;

8. Register and run your smart tag

Save the project, compile it, close Word and Excel, and register the Smart Tag library via "Run Server". Run Word or Excel and enter the phrases you specified as recognizable.

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See also how to develop a smart tag in .NET.

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