Testing Outlook VSTO Addins

Question

I am trying to write a really simple Outlook VSTO add in that checks email that is being sent for a few simple properties. My problem is that I cannot seem to install/test the add in using Outlook. I have added unit tests that ensure the code I have written likely does what it should but that final level of integration eludes me. Any suggestions for how to test my code within Outlook? Thanks in advance.

If you want I can post the code as well and better explain what it does.

Answer 1

If you are coding in Visual Studio debugging automatically places it in Outlook and Opens Outlook. Just make sure Outlook is closed before starting as this seems to cause issues. Otherwise in your bin folder where your dll was created there is a vsto file, Click on that and it will install it.