I apologize in advance if this is not the correct place for this post.
I am trying to get started on an addin (using vs.net 2005) for outlook that will essentially be winforms workflow interface that will run inside the outlook environment. Part of this interface really has no real relation to outlook except for the fact that i want it to run inside the outlook interface (although parts do - creation of tasks, calendar events, etc).
I want to start with the simple emdedding of the winforms app and am having a hard time finding where to begin.
Any tips or links just to get going would be appreciated.
Thanks!
New to this - how to embed in outlook?
JBinGA
Yes, I want the user to see a web form but wanted to know if the "body" portion of Outlook's 'New | Message' can be embedded on a web form (as opposed to a Windows Form).
I believe reading that I can only use templates available for a custom 'New | Message' form for Outlook. Can I incorporate this new custom template and co-exist with Outlook's 'New | Message' form Are there samples or tech articles on how to do custom New Memo forms
Btw, can we use Visual Studio 2005 Tools with Microsoft Visual Studio .Net 2003
alvinjames
Dorkboy
I'm not really sure what you mean by 'embed the body of a message in an ASP.NET form'. Do you want the user to see an ASP.NET form when they click 'New | Message' Please explain further, and I will help you sort it out.
John.
Kinjal Patel
Bryan,
Am I to assume you are not using VSTO and are just using the 'shared add-in' template in VS Based on what you describe, you are doing a 'shared add-in' rather than an Outlook add-in using VSTO. If that is in fact the case, I would encourage you to make sure you read up on the implications of this design by looking at the overview articles for our VSTO Outlook add-in tools and then reading some of the MSDN content about creating add-ins for Outlook generally. You can find out more by looking at the Outlook resources I list here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/johnrdurant/archive/2005/12/07/vsto_outlook_resourcelist.aspx
Now, regarding your question: You can show winforms as part of the add-in. Normally, you show these forms in response to an event. For example, you can capture the newmailex event or item_send event and display your managed form at that point. These forms will display floating over the Outlook interface. There is no supported way (even with our VSTO tools) of bolting a winform onto the Outlook interface. For example, you may want to bolt your winform surface onto Outlook and replace the Explorer view. This is not supported.
Again, I strongly urge you to check out our MSDN content in this regard.
Best of luck in creating your solution.
John.