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 they move it to another machine it fails to load. In these type of general troubleshooting steps, you can check couple of relevant things, as i found in the blogpost : Network rule is correct – Don’t

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. Unless Windows themes are explicitly enabled for a COM add-in, the appearance of the add-in does not change with these color schemes, leading the add-in to appear dated or out-of-synch with the 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 add-ins , code samples along with their download links. Please download the following Outlook add-ins along with the code-samples: Outlook 2007 Add-Ins: RulesAddin, TravelAgencyAddin, and PrepareMeAddin

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 assemblies. This can be done using a tool called CASPOL.EXE. The CASPOL or Code Access Security Policy tool enables users and administrators to modify security policy for the machine policy level, 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 the correct password again does not resolve the issue. This issue occurs for one or more of the following reasons: • You have a corrupted Outlook profile or a corrupted Outlook Express identity.

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. Therefore, the VSTO add-ins do not load correctly. For more detailed information, please go through the following KB article .

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 when they are no longer needed. Failing to systematically release reference to Outlook objects can prevent Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 & Outlook 2007 from shutting down properly. For more information

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 contacts in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007. It covers the Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Contacts folder contains information about all your contacts (although it might contain other types of information,

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 sample add-ins. These solutions are available in Visual Basic .NET and C# versions and include an add-in project, a COM shim project to provide application domain (AppDomain) isolation, and a setup project.

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. It covers the creation of a sample Outlook add-in that displays transport header information in a form region on e-mail items, along with free downloadable samples...:) As we know you can create and