Retrieving Information with VB

[P]

Hi,

I want to be able to select an email in outlook then click on a custom
button that will be able to retrieve information such as name of the
sender, the message, etc. I'm not too familiar with development in VB
or addins. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

 

[John Liu]

It really depends on what you are trying to achieve.

The easiest way, I suspect, may be to just write a Macro.
Do you need it just for yourself? Or deploy it for the office? Or
package it as a product for general use?

The next step up in complexity would be an Outlook Add-In.
ItemsCB is the most well known and acknowledged resource as a starting
point.
http://www.microeye.com/resources/index.html

jliu
johnliu.net