Add pane into outlook.

[jian]

Hi, Everyone,
I am a new developer. I was required to plug a small application that
used inner company in to the outlook. I would like to add a button or short
into the outlook interface and after clicking, the interface of the
application will be showed up in the right hand preview pane.
My question is: Is it possible to add another pane on top of the
preview pane or if we could edit the preview pane? If it could be done, could
you please give some detail suggestions?
Thanks.

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

You can only add a new pane or replace the existing preview pane from
Extended MAPI and by using Windows hacks. That's what is done with the
Chilton preview pane. None of that is exposed to you in the Outlook object
model.

 

[jian]

Hi, Ken,
Thanks a lot for your help. Could you please tell me where can I get the
extended MAPI? Do I need to pay for it to Microsoft?
Thanks again and have a nice day.


Regards
jian

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

Extended MAPI is the API that is the native Outlook/Exchange API. It's
included but you can only program it in C++ or Delphi. It's also very
complex and not easy to learn. There's a MAPI-L list that covers it as well
as some MS newsgroups and various pieces of information and samples for it
in the MS KnowledgeBase and in the MSDN library.