T.S. Bradley .NET

This sample demostrates how to add custom property pages to both Folders & Options using Visual Studio Tools For Office — Outlook and Visual Basic 2005.

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Discussion

This sample demostrates the following:

• Using VSTO for Outlook 2.0 with Visual Basic 2005.
• Adding a custom page to Outlook's “Tools — Options” dialog.
• Adding a custom page to individual Outlook folder property dialogs.
• Getting the IOleObject client site allowing a custom page to notify Outlook of changes.

This sample defines the following types:

Type	File	Description
FolderPropertyPage	FolderPropertyPage.vb	A custom MAPI Folder property page.
OptionPropertyPage	OptionPropertyPage.vb	A custom “Tools — Options” property page.
PropertyPageBase	PropertyPageBase.vb	Base page common to all custom property pages. This class implements Outlook.PropertyPage for you.
ThisApplication	ThisApplication.Info.vb	Provides information specific to the current Add-in’s assembly.
ThisApplication	ThisApplication.vb	Event handlers that add custom property pages to either a MAPI Folder or “Tools — Options”.

See Also

• Creating Outlook Add-ins with Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office
• Adding custom property pages to Outlook 2003 using C#
• VSTO Outlook Add-in Sample

System Requirements

• Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2
• Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office — Outlook (Beta)
• Microsoft Office Outlook 2003