Choice of programming tool for Outlook programming

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Hi,

We would soon be working on a project that involves extending Outlook
2003 and above
We would be majorly working on Outlook Add-ins

We still have to decide which programming tool to use for the same
We are looking at C++, VBA, and VSTO (C#)

Can any one please give some pointers or the advantages/disadvantages
these tools have so as to help us settle on one of them.

Thanks in advance,

TT
 
VBA is not suitable if you intend to distribute your code.

VSTO is a nice solution if you are committed to using a .NET language, only
plan to support Outlook 2003 and higher and your Outlook 2003 support only
includes Outlook from the Office Professional series or higher. Other
versions of Outlook 2003 won't work with VSTO, nor will older versions of
Outlook.

As far as language, your choice depending on how you prefer to work.
 
Thanks for reply

One more query:
Would the suggestions you made hold good for using the Add-in to
connect to Exchange Server?

Thanks in Advance
TT
 
As long as you are connecting to Exchange using the Outlook object model or
other client side API then there is no difference whether it's a PST file or
Exchange.
 
Thanks a lot for the info.

Regards
TT
As long as you are connecting to Exchange using the Outlook object model or
other client side API then there is no difference whether it's a PST file or
Exchange.
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