Backstage View and ActiveX

[Mark Wilson]

Is it possible to display an ActiveX control in Backstage view on Outlook
2010 (thereby reusing a Property Page that was created for Outlook 2007) or
must the display in the Backstage view be created from individual components
such as buttons and checkboxes in the CustomUI.xml file?

 

[Ken Slovak]

Either that or use a backstage ribbon button to open a form or activeX
control. I've been using a button to open a form that has my property page
controls.

 

[Mark Wilson]

Thanks Ken.

While its one extra click for the user to get to the page, its may save
reinventing the wheel.

 

[Ken Slovak]

Even better might be a Fast button. That's like the Options button now in
Backstage. It fires a click handler which can open your form. You don't have
to have a tab with buttons, etc., just that Fast button.