Newest Resources
Aspose.Network
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Component suite for .NET development that includes methods to import .msg format data from file or stream without Outlook installed and export Outlook messages to .mht and .eml formats. Includes an Outlook control that can accept Outlook data via drag-and-drop.
Calling into a VSTO Add-in from a COM Smart Tag
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It's not possible to build a smart tag into a VSTO add-in, but McLean Schofield explains how to make it possible for the smart tag to call the add-in's methods.
Deploying Office Solutions with a Setup Project
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Mary Lee highlights the new information available on using Windows Installer to deploy Office 2007 solutions built with Visual Studio 2008.
Two-Way STSSync Protocol Server for Outlook 2007
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Generic solution from Patrick Creehan to make it easy to build data providers that take advantage of the synchronization built into Outlook
Custom calendar providers for Outlook 2007
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How to use a web service to make a data source appear in Outlook 2007 as a SharePoint event list.
VSTO Add-ins, COMAddIns and RequestComAddInAutomationService
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Andrew Whitechapel explains how to expose methods in a VSTO add-in that other add-ins (including VBA) can call.
MFCMAPI.exe - June 2008 version
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Updated version of the free MAPI Editor (and viewer); source code available as an excellent Extended MAPI demonstration project.
Deploying an Office solution using Windows Installer
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Mary Lee explains how to use a Windows Installer .msi file instead of ClickOnce to deploy a VSTO add-in ("application-level project") created with Visual Studio 2008.
The future of public folders in Microsoft Exchange
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Should you migrate to SharePoint now or later or not at all? Here is the latest guidance from the Exchange team, with a realistic look at the limitations that SharePoint has today.
How Do I: Deploy a VSTO Add-in
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This 15-minute video shows how to modify a setup program to automatically create a Code Access Security policy that will allow the add-in to execute.
Making a Custom Group Appear in the Message Tab of a Mail Item
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Norm Estabrook explains how to make a custom ribbon group appear on both the compose and read Inspector windows.
Communicator add-in for Outlook 2007
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Outlook 2007 sample add-in, built using VSTO and the Communicator Automation API, to display Communicator contacts in a task pane, with source code.
PickFolderEx
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Custom control for displaying an enhanced version of the Pick Folders dialog with support for selecting multiple folders with or without subfolders, setting the root folder, and setting the default selection. Compatible with Visual Studio, VB 6.0, VBA, and VBScript. Developer license allows redistribution in customer projects.
Back To The Future - Or, Prototyping VSTO Add-ins for Unsupported Office Versions/Applications
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VSTO guru Andrew Whitechapel explains why the add-in model in VSTO 2005 SE and VS 2008 makes it easy to prototype add-ins for Office host applications that are currently unsupported and also to prototype add-ins for future versions of Office.
Displaying form region using Ribbons in Outlook 2007
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Chris Ongsuco explains how to create a form region with the new VS2008 designer and add a button to the ribbon to create a new item using that form region.
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