Posts Tagged ‘Outlook’
HowTo: Handle the Outlook ItemSend event: C#, VB.NET examples
Dmitry Kostochko | February 6th, 2009
One of the most frequent questions we get concerning the Outlook Object Model is "How to handle the Send button event?" Here is the answer: "You need to use the Application.ItemSend event"...... Read the rest of this entry →
HowTo: Support MS Office applications, Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in one project
Dmitry Kostochko | January 30th, 2009
Yes, you can do that in one Visual Studio project, but not in one solution. And yes, you can do it using the Add-in Express products. There are only two things to keep in mind…... Read the rest of this entry →
HowTo: Store Microsoft Office documents in your custom data storage
Dmitry Kostochko | January 16th, 2009
One of the tasks that developers often run into is saving and retrieving Office documents (or document copies) from external data storage. This storage can be an SQL database, Web-service, FTP server as well as a shared network resource of a local area network. Let’s try to handle this task for such popular MS Office applications as Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook…... Read the rest of this entry →
Add-in Express 2009 Roadmap – Part 2
Eugene Starostin | December 24th, 2008
I have discovered an interesting fact. My posts on this blog led to the increased number of messages in my Inbox. But practically no one writes directly here, to the blog. The main goal is reached, though – we have got one more tool for communication with our customers... :-)... Read the rest of this entry →
Add-in Express 2009 for CodeGear Delphi 2009 and… C++Builder
Eugene Starostin | December 12th, 2008
Delphi remains platform number 1 for developing commercial-class Microsoft Office extensions. Is it big news for anybody? We have been in the know of that for a long time and say it to everyone. What is more, we still develop all our commercial add-ins on Delphi 7. ... Read the rest of this entry →
HowTo: Exchange Data using the Outlook Attachments collection
Dmitry Kostochko | December 12th, 2008
Normally Outlook developers use the MailItem.UserProperties collection to send and receive some additional information with email messages. In this sample add-in for Microsoft Outlook, I suggest a slightly different approach ...... Read the rest of this entry →
Add-in Express 2009 Roadmap
Eugene Starostin | November 28th, 2008
Many of you have already enquired about our roadmap for the year 2009. Its rough outline is ready, but as you understand, we reserve the right to introduce some changes. Well, now in more detail...... Read the rest of this entry →
Developers wanted for Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer and Outlook Express projects
Andrei Smolin | November 26th, 2008
If you do programming for Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer or Outlook Express and have some experience in copywriting, then take a minute to read this page to the end. I am sure we’ll make a bargain.... Read the rest of this entry →
When Outlook add-ins collide: things far-fetched and real
Andrei Smolin | November 21st, 2008
If you develop an Outlook add-in in VSTO, you would definitely like to know how your add-in may affect (or might be affected by) another Outlook add-in, the Outlook client for Microsoft Dynamics CRM.... Read the rest of this entry →
Don't stumble over a stone working with the PropertyAccessor and StorageItem classes in Outlook 2007
Eugene Astafiev | November 21st, 2008
There are plenty of articles in the web dwelling upon new possibilities of Outlook 2007 programming. Among the most frequently discussed issues is how to access and set various MAPI properties and how the PropertyAccessor can help with this. Let's have a close look at the new classes which were introduced in Outlook 2007 and […]... Read the rest of this entry →
When to release COM objects in Office add-ins developed in .NET
Andrei Smolin | October 30th, 2008
I like working at the support desk. I've become much closer to developers' needs and musts. They hit me with releasing COM objects in COM add-ins written VB.NET and C#. I’ve collected most common questions and my answers on this page. Well, let's go... Read the rest of this entry →
Handling NewMail, NewMailEx and ItemAdd Outlook events in .NET
Eugene Astafiev | April 25th, 2008
Sometimes you need to process incoming e-mails and meeting requests in order to retrieve sender data for your CRM, to save attachments to your Document Management System (DMS), to process automated e-mails, or to convert selected incoming messages to plain text. Whenever you need to track incoming e-mails, you face the following Outlook events: NewMail, NewMailEx, and ItemAdd. ... Read the rest of this entry →
Office add-in localization: ribbon and commandbar controls, task panes etc.
Andrei Smolin | April 19th, 2008
To localize your COM add-in, you need to know the language settings of the Office application (host application) that the add-in is currently loaded in. In this post you will find some VB.NET and Delphi code samples of localizing your COM add-ins.... Read the rest of this entry →
How to customize Outlook Today page programmatically?
Andrei Smolin | April 11th, 2008
In this post, I show you how to create a custom Outlook home folder page and enrich it with VBScript. Also I reveal the .NET way provided by Add-in Express: you create a custom .NET form and show it in the same way as Outlook Today does.... Read the rest of this entry →
How to get access to hidden Outlook items via Extended MAPI?
Eugene Astafiev | April 7th, 2008
Microsoft Outlook and Exchange are among the most popular applications utilizing MAPI. Add-in Express provides Outlook developers with a free component, MAPI Store Accessor, that hides MAPI complexities to provide developers with easy access to MAPI features.... Read the rest of this entry →
Build Outlook add-in in .NET to manage Outlook templates & signatures
Andrei Smolin | March 28th, 2008
How to avoid a boring and time consuming work of retyping the sane words and phrases in Outlook correspondence. Let's develop an Outlook add-in that will keep and manage all our template phrases and signatures.... Read the rest of this entry →