Who This Book Is For

This book is aimed at beginning to intermediate-level developers who want to write managed solutions for Outlook using Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. Other developers who are writing native solutions, whether in C++ or Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0, will also benefit from the discussion of the new programmability features in Outlook 2007. A basic knowledge of Microsoft Visual Basic .NET or Microsoft Visual C# is required to understand the code samples provided with this book. Component Object Model (COM) add-ins are the primary customization technology for extending Outlook. Of course, this means that there are interop issues to be considered when writing managed code against a COM-based type library such as the Outlook object model. We’ve tri....