We're thinking of developing a small tasks/to-do list for our team and I wonder if we can develop any type of add-ins we want for Outlook 2007. I mean custom menus for the main toolbar, a new tab/section next to the Calender.. Are there any limitations for what you can do for Outlook 2007 add-ins? ...
I have an add-in for Outlook 2007 developed with VSTO 3.0 in Visual Studio 2008, written in VB.NET I am listening for NewInspector events and wrapping the Inspector object, then listening for the Activate event where I attempt to grab the WordEditor. The property is always returning null now. This was not happening before, and the only ...
I'm stuck. I have been trying to find, or create myself, a simple barebone example of how to create an Outlook plugin for VS 2010 Express. I know this is simpler to do in VS 2010 Pro, however, is it really impossible to do this in the express version? My goal is to get "get control", like show a messagebox or similar, when a user hits...
Is it possible to add different items to a mail item custom context menu by inspecting the contents of the item? For instance, only add the item if the subject line contains "IMPORTANT". ...
I have a Outlook COM add-in that is registered with Outlook to trap the Send event and examines the content of the message. The add-in examins the content to either allow it to be sent or reject the send. The COM Add-in is a standard VSTO add-in. I would like to write a C# wrapper around this COM Add-in that will allow other processes t...
I am trying to change the behavior of the default context menu that comes when Outlook is integrated with Communicator 2007. Specifically I am trying to change the action when a user right clicks a contact presence and selects Call from the context menu. Do you think it is possible? ...
Hi, I am trying to change what the Call button on the Contact Card does with VBA or an add-in. I want to start an application when the call button is clicked. Anyone knows if that is possible? Here is the screen shot of the Contact Card UI that I want to change. http://support.microsoft.com/library/images/support/kbgraphics/Public/en...
Hi All, I have done my second complete Outlook 2003 Plug-in. What I want to know is 2 things: Is it necessary to release the COM Objects when developing a Outlook 2003/2007 Plug-in? I know that they get released in time by the Framework, what I don't know is how often and is it really necessary? Why is Microsoft still using .Net ...
I use Outlook. I have 2 e-mail accounts: one for work and the other for personal. I have a second address book designated work. When I send a new e-mail, I have the default e-mail account set to personal, but I would like to set up Outlook so that if the recipient is in my work address book, then it should automatically default to sendin...
Hello, A programmer has created a Microsoft Office Add-In (PC) for me. We would now like to implement online activation of the add-in. Is anyone aware of an open source solution to handle serial number validation via online activation? Many thanks for any insight anyone can offer. ...
Hello, I have a question regarding to a project I'm actually working on: I'm doing an Outlook AddIn, and as you know, when you create a new project of this type, visual studio creates for you the Setup project too. I would like to customize my setup project to ask the user for his username and password (because the addin will connect t...
Hi All, I would like to know, what all are the tolls available for testing of Outlook plugins that can be used to perform performance, functional and security testing. And in fact if I can have an overview on all types of testing to be done on Outlook plugins, will be really helpful. ...
Hi, I am using VS 2008 to create an outlook plugin.After I create an "Outlook 2007 Project",and click start,this event "ThisAddIn_Startup" is not firing.Sometimes,the VS2008 just closes.What could be the issue here? thanks ...
can't seem to figure it out... I need to copy Redemption.dll to a folder (eg. C:\Program Files (x86)\Redemption) and then regsvr32 it. I also need this to happen if Redemption.dll already exists on a users machine (i want to replace and re-register it with the dll included in my click once installation) btw, this is a vsto outlook plug...
I have an addin that synchronized the contacts folder with an outside source. The Sync happens daily (or manually on demand) and takes a while. Users have asked for the addin to provide information about the sync so that they know it completed successfully, etc. Since the Outlook API doesn't provide a way to add information to the sta...
I'm working with Outlook 2003. I was wondering if anyone knew a way to create your own custom dictionary complete with word replacement, suggestions etc. Sort of like an International Dictionary, e.g. "English (U.S.)". The main problem I'm trying to solve is to replace corporate speak words with simpler terms. So this is why the include...
I am developing an addin to Microsoft Outlook. The following code works fine if I use an winforms UserControl: private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { var testControlView1 = new UserControl1(); var MyCustomPane = this.CustomTaskPanes.Add(testControlView, "Hello"); } How can I do it with...
I have a plugin that is attempting to get all the attachments in a OL message So I have code like so int AttachCount = MailItem.Attachments.Count; for (int index = 0; index < AttachCount; index++) { Outlook.Attachment nextAttachment = MailItem.Attachments[(index + 1)]; if (nextAttachment != null ) { //process } }...
I used http://www.everythingaccess.com/tutorials.asp?ID=Outlook-Send-E-mail-Without-Security-Warning , to finish my first ms access vba app that sends multiple notifications via outlook, without security pop-up. Now I want to make a WEB BASED version of it. So, using asp.net & mysql instead of vba & access raises certain questions. ...
I'm developing a small add-in for Outlook 2010 using the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook assembly. As part of my add-in, I'd like to be able to determine the date/time a mail item was last marked read or flagged for follow-up. I thought that the LastModificationTime property of the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.MailItem class might...