Hi,

I need to add a new panel to the email window, ideally it is a sliding
panel. Any idea whether it is possible? Where should I look into?
Googling does not return much useful information at this point.

Thanks a lot.

What version of Outlook? If this is 2007 or later you can use a Custom Task
Pane. But that would be visible or not, it wouldn't slide.

You can use the Add-In Express framework to add additional panels to Outlook
2000 or later but I'm not sure about sliding, I don't think so.

Finally, you can do your own Win32 API hacking and do all the plumbing on
your own, see
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/office...l_Outlook.aspx for a
starter for that. This is pretty much what the Add-In Express people have
done already with their code framework, but if you do all the plumbing
yourself you can design things the way you want.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options.
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Fang" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I need to add a new panel to the email window, ideally it is a sliding
> panel. Any idea whether it is possible? Where should I look into?
> Googling does not return much useful information at this point.
>
> Thanks a lot.

Hi Kevin,

Thanks a lot. I am going that way.

Fang

On May 21, 6:32*am, "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]"
<kenslo...@mvps.org> wrote:
> What version of Outlook? If this is 2007 or later you can use a Custom Task
> Pane. But that would be visible or not, it wouldn't slide.
>
> You can use the Add-In Express framework to add additional panels to Outlook
> 2000 or later but I'm not sure about sliding, I don't think so.
>
> Finally, you can do your own Win32 API hacking and do all the plumbing on
> your own, seehttp://www.codeproject.com/KB/office/additional_panel_Outlook.aspxfor a
> starter for that. This is pretty much what the Add-In Express people have
> done already with their code framework, but if you do all the plumbing
> yourself you can design things the way you want.
>
> --
> Ken Slovak
> [MVP - Outlook]http://www.slovaktech.com
> Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
> Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options.http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm
>