Hi,

We would soon be working on a project that involves extending Outlook
2003 and above
We would be majorly working on Outlook Add-ins

We still have to decide which programming tool to use for the same
We are looking at C++, VBA, and VSTO (C#)

Can any one please give some pointers or the advantages/disadvantages
these tools have so as to help us settle on one of them.

Thanks in advance,

TT

VBA is not suitable if you intend to distribute your code.

VSTO is a nice solution if you are committed to using a .NET language, only
plan to support Outlook 2003 and higher and your Outlook 2003 support only
includes Outlook from the Office Professional series or higher. Other
versions of Outlook 2003 won't work with VSTO, nor will older versions of
Outlook.

As far as language, your choice depending on how you prefer to work.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> We would soon be working on a project that involves extending Outlook
> 2003 and above
> We would be majorly working on Outlook Add-ins
>
> We still have to decide which programming tool to use for the same
> We are looking at C++, VBA, and VSTO (C#)
>
> Can any one please give some pointers or the advantages/disadvantages
> these tools have so as to help us settle on one of them.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> TT
>

Thanks for reply

One more query:
Would the suggestions you made hold good for using the Add-in to
connect to Exchange Server?

Thanks in Advance
TT

Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
> VBA is not suitable if you intend to distribute your code.
>
> VSTO is a nice solution if you are committed to using a .NET language, only
> plan to support Outlook 2003 and higher and your Outlook 2003 support only
> includes Outlook from the Office Professional series or higher. Other
> versions of Outlook 2003 won't work with VSTO, nor will older versions of
> Outlook.
>
> As far as language, your choice depending on how you prefer to work.
>
> --
> Ken Slovak
> [MVP - Outlook]
> http://www.slovaktech.com
> Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
> Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
> http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm
>
>
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > We would soon be working on a project that involves extending Outlook
> > 2003 and above
> > We would be majorly working on Outlook Add-ins
> >
> > We still have to decide which programming tool to use for the same
> > We are looking at C++, VBA, and VSTO (C#)
> >
> > Can any one please give some pointers or the advantages/disadvantages
> > these tools have so as to help us settle on one of them.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > TT
> >

As long as you are connecting to Exchange using the Outlook object model or
other client side API then there is no difference whether it's a PST file or
Exchange.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks for reply
>
> One more query:
> Would the suggestions you made hold good for using the Add-in to
> connect to Exchange Server?
>
> Thanks in Advance
> TT

Thanks a lot for the info.

Regards
TT

Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook] wrote:
> As long as you are connecting to Exchange using the Outlook object model or
> other client side API then there is no difference whether it's a PST file or
> Exchange.
>
> --
> Ken Slovak
> [MVP - Outlook]
> http://www.slovaktech.com
> Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
> Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
> http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm
>
>
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Thanks for reply
> >
> > One more query:
> > Would the suggestions you made hold good for using the Add-in to
> > connect to Exchange Server?
> >
> > Thanks in Advance
> > TT