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Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming

Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators

  • 1st Edition - May 30, 2007
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Sue Mosher
  • Language: English

Microsoft Outlook is the most widely used e-mail program and offers the most programmability. Sue Mosher introduces key concepts for programming Outlook using Visual Basic for Ap… Read more

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Description

Microsoft Outlook is the most widely used e-mail program and offers the most programmability. Sue Mosher introduces key concepts for programming Outlook using Visual Basic for Applications, custom Outlook forms, and external scripts, without the need for additional development tools.

For those who manage Outlook installations, it demonstrates how to use new features in the Outlook 2007 programming model such as building scripts that can create rules and views and manage categories. Power users will discover how to enhance Outlook with custom features, such as the ability to process incoming mail and extract key information. Aimed at the non-professional programmer, it also provides a quick guide to Outlook programming basics for pro developers who want to dive into Outlook integration.

Key features

  • Dozens of new programming objects detailed including views, rules, categories, searches
  • No previous coding experience or additional development tools required
  • Examples outline issues using real-world functionality

Readership

Systems and Network administrators, applications developers and power users

Table of contents

1: What you can do with Outlook?

PART I: Basic Outlook VBA Design

2: The VBA Design Environment

3: Building Your First VBA Form

PART II: Basic Outlook Form Design

4: Introducing Outlook Forms

5: Introducing Form Regions

6: Extending Form Design with Fields and Controls

PART III: Writing VBA and VBScript Code

7: Code Basics

8: Code Grammar 101

9: Handling Errors, Testing and Debugging

PART IV: Fundamental Outlook Coding Techniques

10: Outlook Programming Basics

11: Responding to Outlook Events in VBA

12: Responding to Events in Outlook Forms

13: Working with Stores, Explorers, and Folders

14: Working with Inspectors, Items, and Item Properties

15: Working with Recipients and Address Lists

16: More Item Techniques

17: Working with Attachments

PART V: Extended Outlook Form Design

18: More Control Techniques

19: Common Outlook Form Techniques

20: Deploying and Managing Outlook Forms

21: Building Form-based Workflows

22: Working with Files and Other Objects

23: Common Outlook Administrator Scripting Tasks

24: Menus, Toolbars, and the Navigation Pane

25: Generating Reports on Outlook Data

26: Working with Exchange and Databases

Appendix A: Other Resources
Appendix B: Concepts for Professional Developers
Appendix C: Key Procedures You Can Reuse

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 30, 2007
  • Language: English

About the author

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Sue Mosher

Sue Mosher is the author of six previous books on Microsoft Outlook and Exchange and maintains a web site at http://www.outlookcode.com devoted to helping programmers at all skill levels take advantage of Outlook’s extensibility. Her company, Turtleflock LLC, helps organizations get the most out of Outlook and other Microsoft Office products, providing custom application development and other support. Sue has been recognized by Microsoft with a Most Valuable Professional award every year since 1994. Sue is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the College of William and Mary, currently residing in Arlington, Virginia.
Affiliations and expertise
Author of several Microsoft Outlook and Exchange books and President, Turtleflock, Arlington, VA, USA

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