Microsoft Outlook Code Samples

Custom Forms

• To convert imported data to custom fields 
• To add a toolbar button to launch an Outlook form
• To launch a custom Outlook form from a Web page
• To populate a combo box on a Microsoft Outlook form
• To recover the password for a custom form

General

• To send e-mail reminders
• To stamp a date on a Microsoft Outlook item
• To pop up the Select Names dialog and work with selected names
• To copy file attachments from one Outlook item to another
• To clear the Links collection in a Microsoft Outlook item

Messages

• Access Junk Senders database
• Add text to plain text message

Calendar

• To automatically set a reminder for birthdays for new contacts
• To publish an Outlook 2000 calendar as a web page automatically
• Mail a copy of today's appointments
• Add appointment to other user's Calendar - demonstrates GetSharedDefaultFolder method to work with a folder in another user's Exchange mailbox
• To add information from a linked contact to an appointment

Contacts

• To search for an e-mail address in Contacts
• To create a sticky note for a contact
• To automatically add recipients from outgoing messages to Contacts
• To add information from a linked contact to an appointment

Journal

• To update the Companies field in a journal item with data from a linked contact

Folders

• To get the SMTP address of a public folder
• To show the Find pane when you switch to a Contacts folder

Tutorials

• Automatic Message Processing
• Flagging Incoming Items
• Handling Blank Fields -- in junk mail
• Moving Incoming Items to Folders
• Handling Code Errors
• Showing the Sender's Email Address
• Working with an Item
• Showing Contacts' Email Addresses
• Updating a Few Outlook Items at a Time
• Tracking Your Email Mileage
• Changing the Reply Address
• Opening Folders When Outlook Starts
• Taking Outlook to Task
• Deleting Recurring Appointments
• A Primer About Dates
• More Fun with Dates
• Processing Receipts

FYI, some of the code listings include statements like "BEGIN CALLOUT." These are publication marks and need to be removed before you try to use the code in your projects.