Develop COM Add-in and forms for Outlook

[Ravi]

The requirement of my proposed COM Add-in is to create forms (outlook forms
or windows form). These form will should be embedded within the Outlook
interface.
These forms should be read-write forms. Forms would communicate with the
database (SQL 2005) using WebService.
Typically the add-in should hookup itself with the outlook as soon as the
Outlook application starts on client’s computer. Once the add-in hooked up,
it should create a folder structure within the Outlook's Mail folders. When
the user clicks on any of the node under the newly created folder structure,
a form would be displayed with some data.

I need help and answer for these tow question:

1. How to create a form (Outlook form, windows form, HTML form or Web form)
that should be embedded within the Outlook interface
2. How these forms would handle the various users’ events

Please can any one help?

Thanks in advance.

Ravi

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

1) Custom forms and form regions (Outlook 2007 only) display individual items. Since you want a "form" related to a folder, you should consider using a custom task pane (Outlook 2007 only) or folder home page, which is an HTML page that appears instead of the folder's contents. The WebViewURL property of a folder sets the address of the home page.

2) The Outlook object model, documented in VBA Help and on MSDN, gives you all the events, most with code examples. Take a look especially at the Explorer events, which relate to the user changing what folder is displayed.