New code samples in the Outlook 2007 Developer Reference!

angelgolfer — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:45:00 GMT

MVP Helmut Obertanner contributed two new code samples recently in May:

How to: Import Appointment XML Data into Outlook Appointment Objects
How to: Obtain and Log On to an Instance of Outlook

These code samples are presented in managed code (C# and Visual Basic). They are particularly interesting because they demonstrate the use of the .NET Framework Class Library together with the Outlook Primary Interop Assembly. "How to: Import Appointment XML Data into Outlook Appointment Objects" shows how to use the Microsoft COM implementation of the XML Document Object Model (DOM) to load and process appointment data in XML and return the data in Outlook AppointmentItem objects. "How to: Obtain and Log On to an Instance of Outlook" shows how to use Microsoft Language Integrated Query (LINQ) to verify if there is an Outlook process running on a computer.

You can view these code samples on the Office Online version of the Outook 2007 Developer Reference:

In Outlook, click F1.
Click the down arrow next to Search.
Under Content from Office Online, select Developer Reference if it is not already selected.
In the text box adjacent to Search, type a related search string such as "XML", "appointment", or "import" to find the topic "How to: Import Appointment XML Data into Outlook Appointment Objects".
Similarly, type a search string such as "log on" or "Outlook instance" to find "How to: Obtain and Log On to an Instance of Outlook".

Starting from this update, you can select from the TOC or search for the topic "Latest Additions to the Outlook Developer Reference" to see updates to the Outlook 2007 Developer Reference in the most recent quarter. Code samples from Helmut in the last couple of months are listed there.

As usual, you can also select from the TOC or search for the topic "How Do I ... in Outlook" which lists all the how-to topics in the Outlook developer help.

MVP Helmut Obertanner contributes code samples to the Outlook Developer Reference!

angelgolfer — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:01:00 GMT

I am happy to announce that MVP Helmut Obertanner became the first MVP who contributed code samples to the Outlook 2007 Developer Reference on Office Online!

The two code samples that Helmut contributed are about the Account object, published in a new topic "How to: Send an E-mail Given the SMTP Address of an Account" and in the Account Object topic. These code samples are in managed code (C# and Visual Basic), which will directly benefit Outlook developers who have switched to using managed code over the last few years.

If you would like to see these code samples, they are available in the Office Online version of the Outlook 2007 Developer Reference. To view these code samples:

In Outlook, click F1.
Click the down arrow next to Search.
Under Content from Office Online, select Developer Reference if it is not already selected. This selection allows you to view the most current content in the Outlook 2007 Developer Reference on Office Online. This content is more up-to-date than the Outlook 2007 Developer Reference on MSDN.
Type account in the text box adjacent to Search.
Select the topics, “Account Object”, and “How to: Send an E-mail Given the SMTP Address of an Account” returned in the search results.

Typing other search keywords such as Helmut or MVP also returns these topics. Other than searching, developers can get to the new "How to: Send an E-mail Given the SMTP Address of an Account" topic via the following topics

"How Do I... in Outlook" - lists this how-to topic in the list of how-to's in the developer reference

The following reference topics also list this how-to topic in the See Also section:

Account object topic
Account.SmtpAddress property topic
Accounts object topic
MailItem object topic
MailItem.Body property topic
MailItem.Recipients property topic
MailItem.Subject property topic
MailItem.Send method topic
MailItem.SendUsingAccount property topic

I really appreciate Helmut's contribution, and anticipate to receive more code samples from him in the future. Go to Helmut's site at http://www.outlooksharp.de/ to find out more about his work!

BTW, at the moment, there is a small glitch on our publishing site that the URL of Helmut's site, http://www.outlooksharp.de/, is displayed not exactly as such but as the internal hyperlink we use to redirect viewers to Internet sites. Nonetheless, the hyperlink is clickable and brings viewers to Helmut's site, and our content engineering team is looking into fixing this glitch. Also, Helmut's code samples will be carried forward to the Developer Reference and Primary Interop Assembly Reference for Microsoft Outlook 2010.

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New code samples in the Outlook 2007 Developer Reference!

MVP Helmut Obertanner contributes code samples to the Outlook Developer Reference!