Customising group toolbars

[GaryB]

Hi,

I have developed a couple of Outlook forms for a client and developed a
Toolbar containing these forms, which we have tested on a single
machine. Today, I plan to install the forms on the Exchange Server and
would like the Toolbar to be installed for a certain user group.

Where can I find out how to do this?

Thanks very much.

Rgds

Gary

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

The standard approach for deploying custom toolbar functionality is to build
a COM add-in that creates the toolbar and buttons when Outlooks starts and
contains an event handler for each button. The add-in would then be
installed on each client machine.

In other words, in an enterprise deployment, this is not a job for VBA.

See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/comaddins.htm for more information on COM
addins.

 

[Gary Bartlett]

Thanks for the speedy reply, Sue.

I don't have VB - and we're only talking about a dozen users on a 30
user site.

Have you tested the solution you mentioned in:

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/microsoft.public.outlook/browse_thre
ad/thread/ba74d33abf6b6917/49427fd44ba11bc9?q=customize+group+toolbars+g
roup:*outlook*&_done=%2Fgroups%3Fq%3Dcustomize+group+toolbars+group:*out
look*%26&_doneTitle=Back+to+Search&&d

("Toolbar customizations are held in a file called Outcmd.dat. So, one
approach would be to set up the toolbars on one machine, then distribute
the
resulting file to other users. I haven't tried this yet myself, but it
should be easy for you to tests.")?

I'd prefer to give this one a crack to avoid the other learning curve!

I will contact you offline shortly to discuss a project I've been
thinking about.

Rgds

GaryB

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[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

I haven't tried it, because I would not recommend such a hack to any client,
given the availability of a more robust solution. Sorry if that sounds
harsh, but Outcmd.dat is often the first file that needs to be deleted for
troubleshooting purposes, so you're likely to have some interesting support
calls down the road if you go this route.

 

[Gary Bartlett]

Thanks, Sue!

Rgds

GB

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