VBA and VB6.0

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Istabrak

Greetings,

I have created a custom form (extended from Message) using the VBA
form designer and coded the desired behaviours.
The deployment requirements stipulates that this extended
functionality be installed on the customers machines outlook apps.
Some functionality include http/xml reqeust/response messages as well.
When the work is done in VBA/VBScript how can I extract and package
the new form/code and install it on the customer machines?
I have been advised to use VB6.0 and not VBA and then create (may be a
DLL) and attach it to the customers outlook apps.

Is using VB6.0 a must?
And if so, how would I import the extended message form from Outlook
to VB6.0?

This has been a really sticky issue and would appreciate your
feedback,

Best regrds,

Ista
 
You can't extend a message form using VBA. You have to use Outlook's own form designer. So what did you actually do -- create a new message form using the form designer and VBSCript or create a new VBA form. A review of the functionality you added would probably tell us more.

In general, Outlook applications that need more than custom form functionality are built as COM add-ins using VB 6.0 (or other languages). See http://www.slipstick.com/dev/comaddins.htm
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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