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Migrating an Outlook Solution to .NET Framework 4 in Visual Studio 2010 (Norm Estabrook)
16 December 09 02:33 PM

Visual Studio can help migrate your Outlook solutions from .NET Framework 3.5 to the .NET Framework 4. However, you still have to do a few things manually to make it all work.  Beth Massi converts an Outlook Solution that targets the .NET Framework Read More...

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Filed under: Outlook 2007, VSTO, Norm Estabrook, .NET Framework Client Profile, migration, Beth Massi, VS2010, Office Development, Visual Studio 2010, Office 2010

Making a Custom Group Appear in the Message Tab of a Mail Item (Norm Estabrook)
15 December 09 02:14 PM

You can add a custom group to the Message tab of an Outlook mail item.  For example, here is a custom group named "MyCoolGroup" that I added to the message tab of a new message: Outlook lets you open a message in the following two modes: Read More...

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Filed under: Outlook 2007, VSTO, Norm Estabrook, Ribbon, Office 2007, VS2008, Office Development, Office 2010

Do Your Outlook UI Elements Need Counseling? - Get your Form Regions, Ribbons, and Task Panes Talking to Each Other Again (Norm Estabrook)
03 June 09 03:30 PM

So you want to open a task pane by using a button on the Ribbon. You also want a form region that appears in an e-mail item to detect the state of a control on a custom task pane so that you can add or remove an option that appears in a Ribbon menu right? Read More...

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Filed under: Outlook 2007, VSTO, Norm Estabrook, Ribbon, Office 2007, VS2008, add-ins, Office Development

Here is a Way to Get the ID of a Built-in Outlook Command Bar Menu (Norm Estabrook)
30 April 09 02:09 PM

Recently, a forum poster asked us how he could add a submenu item to a built-in menu item in Outlook.  Note that these are not controls that appear on the Ribbon of an Outlook item, but rather the menus that drop down from the top of the Outlook Read More...

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Filed under: Outlook 2007, VSTO, Norm Estabrook, Command bars, Office 2007, Office 2003, VS2008, add-ins, Office Development

Making a Custom Ribbon Appear Only for a Custom Outlook Form (Norm Estabrook)
28 January 09 12:09 PM

Many of you have posted questions to the VSTO Forum about how to make custom tabs, groups and controls appear only in cases where the user opens a custom form in Outlook. The reason why that is difficult to accomplish is because there is no way to specify Read More...

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Filed under: Outlook 2007, VSTO, Norm Estabrook, Ribbon, Office 2007, VS2008

Share a Ribbon Customization between Office Applications (Norm Estabrook)
10 March 08 01:01 PM

We have received feedback from several folks that they would like design one Ribbon by using the Ribbon visual designer, and then re-use that same Ribbon in more than one Office application. This approach makes sense. If my custom tab looks the same for Read More...

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Filed under: Outlook 2007, Norm Estabrook, Ribbon