Outlook - Outlook AddIn in vs2008 questions

Asked By John

26-Apr-08 03:30 PM

Hi

I have a simple Outlook 2003 AddIn created using Outlook 2003 AddIn template
in vs 2008. The full code is given below at the end. I got warnings on
Interop assemblies as I have Office 2007 installed while AddIn is 2003 but
as I need to target both 2003 and 2007 I am sticking to lowest common
denominator.

I installed the AddIn by running the vs 2008 generated setup.

First problem is In Outlook Trust Centre->Add-Ins, my add in is in Inactive
list. How can I automatically make the AddIn active during Setup?

Secondly, when I tick my Add-In under COM Add-Ins and restart Outlook, it
still remains Inactive and under COM Add-Ins it says; Load Behaviour: Not
loaded. A runtime error occurred during the loading of the COM Add-In.What
is the problems or how can I debug this issue?

Many Thanks

Regards



Outlook 2003 AddIn Code
==================

Public Class ThisAddIn

Private Sub ThisAddIn_Startup(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Startup
MsgBox("Startup")
End Sub

Private Sub ThisAddIn_Shutdown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Shutdown
MsgBox("Shutdown")
End Sub

Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, ByRef Cancel As
Boolean) Handles Application.ItemSend
MsgBox("Item Sent", , "My Outlook AddIn")
End Sub

End Class

28-Apr-08 09:01 AM

Did you add the custom actions for setting the CASPOL for full trust for
your VSTO addin? It sounds like you didn't do that.

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Ken Slovak
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Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007
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28-Apr-08 09:14 AM

Hi Ken

Yes, thank. I did it as per this video and it now works fine.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vbasic/cc338014.aspx

Regards