Add-Ins

[Vyyk Drago]

Hi,

Can anyone please shed some light on how add-ins work in
Outlook? In Excel, you can create VBA code in modules
and then save the attached workbook as an add-in you can
install using Tools -> Add-Ins and bowsing for the.xla
file. Is there an equivalent to this in Outlook, i.e.
can I save code I have written as an Add-in and then
install it for use in my Outlook session?

Thanks
Vyyk

 

[Ralph Hodenius [MS]]

Hi Vyyk,

You have to create a COM object if you want to create an add-in for
Outlook. You cannot do this from within Outlook.

We have a knowledge article that explains how to create an Outlook add-in.
The article number is 291163. You can find the article at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;291163



Regards,

Ralph
Microsoft

 

[Vyyk Drago]

Thanks Ralph!

That was very useful!

Regards
Vyyk

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

Download the ItemsCB COM addin sample template in VB 6 for a best
practices sample COM addin for Outlook. It's on the Resources page at
www.microeye.com. It shows various workarounds for problems with
addins like the On_Disconnection event not firing if any Outlook
objects are instantiated and the user closes Outlook (otherwise
Outlook will hang).