I am developing an add-in for Outlook. One requirement is to add a toolbar button to the contact item window. Can anyone tell me how to implement it? Thanks.
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I am developing an add-in for Outlook. One requirement is to add a toolbar button to the contact item window. Can anyone tell me how to implement it? Thanks.
Depending on what Outlook versions you want to support you have to use two approaches.
On Outlook < 2007 you either add a new commandbar via
myInspector.CommandBars.Add("my commandbar")(MSDN) or use an existing one via e.g.myInspector.CommandBars.Item(1)(MSDN).Then add a button via
myCommandBar.Controls.Add()(MSDN).On Outlook >= 2007 you need to customize the ribbon which is a bit more writing work. Customizing the Ribbon in Outlook 2007 is a good introduction into that.