Outlook Developer Tips

This collection of tips for developing applications with Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Server comes from a variety of sources:

• Outlook Developers mailing list (outlook-dev)
• microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms and other newsgroups on the msnews.microsoft.com server
• Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN)
• Microsoft Knowledgebase (MSKB)

For more basic information, including samples, check the pages listed at left.

Our own tips

• Fun with Outlook CommandBars
• To create a hyperlink on a Microsoft Outlook form
• To change the mouse pointer from Outlook form code
• To add accelerator keys to Microsoft Outlook form controls
• To force an item using a custom form to save in a specific folder
• To recover the password for a custom form or set a secure form password
• To prevent Microsoft Outlook 2000 from running VBA macros at startup
• To avoid having unknown validation fields on a form
• To get help with Outlook programming objects

Microsoft tips

• Using contact item selector fields
• How to Access SMTP Headers of a Message Using CDO (1.x)
• How to Use the ature in Outlook to Format Custom Phone Number Fields
• How to Programmatically Determine the Version of Outlook

Other tips

• To refresh data displayed in an Outlook form
• Getting the Parent folder of an unsaved item
• Easy method for building an ADO connection string
• Getting the value of any field during the form development process
• To disable all controls on a custom form page