new appointment

[Robert]

Hi,
I am new to VSTO and i am trying to develop a time tracker add-in for
outllook. I was wondering is it possible to define a new form which is
inherited from new appointment form of microsoft outlook?

or is it possible to add a button to the "new appointment window"?

Thanks for help

Robert

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

A standard appointment item has a MessageClass of "IPM.Appointment". A
custom form derived from an appointment form might be
"IPM.Appointment.MyForm". To be used a custom form must be published. Look
at the form design information at www.outlookcode.com for tons of form
design information. Note that code in an Outlook form is always VBScript,
not managed code.

You can add a CommandBar to an item (menu or toolbar) and you can add
buttons and popups (submenus) to any menu or toolbar, user created or
built-in. There is information and samples for that also at
www.outlookcode.com. You don't say what version of Outlook you plan to
support, but in Outlook 2007 the paradigm is different for Inspectors (open
items), you can create CommandBar objects but they are second class
citizens. For best support you would create new UI for the Ribbon in the
Inspectors. There's lots of information about that on Office Online at MSDN,
with the developer information for Outlook 2007.