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Try the following steps to disable add-ins in Outlook 2007 (it also applies to InfoPath 2007, Project 2007 and Visio 2007) On the Tools menu, click Trust Center. In the categories pane, click Macro Security. In the details pane, select No Warnings and Disable All Macros or Warnings for signed macros;...

Have you started using Office 2010 or planning for Office 2010 migration? Then this article is for you… you need to analyze certain things - starting analyzing the environment for installed add-ins and identify potential migration issues as you migrate earlier versions of Office to Office 2010. Learn...

Microsoft released environment scanning tool as download for the Assessment planning. As you know the goal of the assessment planning phase is to determine the techniques that will be used to discover applications and customizations that could be affected by an Office upgrade.This tool (along with documentation...

Recently one of my customer reported (we used to see this is many of the developer have is that their assembly does not execute as expected in non-development boxes – why it so?) that initially they tried they created VSTO Outlook Add-in project solution with the helps of Visual Studio 2005. But when...

When you create a COM add-in for a Microsoft Office program, the appearance of that add-in will conform by default to the standard Office appearance. However, with Microsoft Windows XP, you can choose from a number of visual styles (or themes) to customize the appearance of a Microsoft Windows program...

Whenever we discuss with regards to Outlook Add-in customization, many of our customer(s) or their developers want to customize it according to their requirements. Also they look for the code-samples, related articles to proceed further. In this discussion, i have added couple of Outlook 2007 specific...

If we want to "fully trust" the assemblies, it can be done through the signed assemblies. In Visual Studio 2005, you need to select the Properties for the project and select the Signing tab.  After you installed (including the newly signed assemblies) you need to give permission to the...

One of my customer uses MS Windows XP SP3 & Outlook 2007 reported that whenever he tries to connect to the Internet service provider (ISP) to retrieve messages from POP3, his earlier entered password is not retained. He was pretty sure that  he chose to save the password. Also he tried to entering...

Do you know that when you use the Microsoft Outlook View Control from a Web page, Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System (VSTO) Outlook add-ins do not run. This issue may occur even by this option: The Outlook View Control is not considered a part of the Outlook user interface...

Welcome to troubleshooting performance issues for MS Outlook 2007 Series - Part 4 If the .pst file or the .ost file shuts down incorrectly, you may receive one of the following error messages the next time that you start Outlook: • Error message 1: Outlook cannot open the data...

Welcome to Outlook Programming series # 9 In this series, we will learn "How to systematically release the objects - Add-in's for Outlook 2003 & Outlook 2007 ?". I found this MSDN article which describes how all Outlook add-ins should systematically release their references to Outlook objects...

Welcome to Outlook Programming series # 7 In this series, we will learn "How to change display Formats Programmatically for All Contacts in Outlook 2007?". I found this wonderful article which describes programatically how to create an add-in to change the FileAs property programmatically for all...

Welcome to Outlook Programming series # 6 In this series, we can download three of Outlook 2007 Sample add-ins make use of Outlook Object Model. I found this wonderful article , which describes programatically what are the enhancements to the Outlook 2007 object model, as demonstrated by three...

Welcome to Outlook Programming series # 5 In this series, we will learn "How to build an Outlook 2007 Form Region with a Managed Add-In?". I found this wonderful article , wrote by Ryan Gregg, which describes programatically how to build a form region with a Managed Add-in and Outlook 2007 environment...

Welcome to Outlook Programming series # 4 In this series, we will learn "How to automatically add contacts to Outlook with Visual FoxPro?". I found this wonderful article , which describes programatically how to add contacts to Outlook with Visual Foxpro environment. As we know Microsoft Outlook...

What is a COM Add-in? COM add-ins are a feature in Microsoft Office and are supported by all Office programs, including Outlook. Key benefits of COM add-ins include: • COM add-ins run in-process with the host program, so custom code generally runs faster than code implemented...

Welcome to Outlook Programming series # 2 In this series, we will learn "How to develop a COM Add-in?". I found this wonderful article , which provides an overview of how to create a COM add-in in Outlook There are many resources and examples about how to implement an Office or Outlook COM add...

How to apply Windows XP themes to Office COM add-ins Explains how to select and apply Windows XP colors schemes to customize the appearance of COM add-ins for Visio 2003. Includes sample Visual C++ 6.0 codes and Visual Studio .NET codes. The types of files and add-ins that the security level settings...

· How to build an Office COM add-in by using Visual C# .NET Microsoft Office XP, Microsoft Office 2003, and Microsoft Office 2007 support a uniform design architecture for building application add-ins to enhance and to control Office applications. These add-ins are called Microsoft Component Object Model...