form region names in Actions menu

[Guest]

Hi,

We created an Outlook 2007 Add-in with VSTO 2005 SE that uses form regions.
After installing the add-in to the target system and starting Outlook '07 we
see some actions in the Actions menu. We see as many actions as the number of
the form regions that we installing. For example if our form regions has
title "My Region" then we see an action in the Actions menu with name "New My
Region".

Is it possible to avoid that?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Yes, form regions are treated much like legacy custom forms. You'll probably want to hide your add-ins regions. Help topic HV10205414, "How to: Prevent a Replacement Form Region from Being Used to Create a New Item or from Being Modified in the Forms Designer," explains how to do this with the <hidden> element in the manifest:

The following example disables a replacement form region from being used to create a new item or from being modified in the Forms Designer:

<hidden>false</hidden>

FYI, there is a newsgroup specifically for Outlook forms issues "down the hall" at microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms or, via web interface, at http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...spx?dg=microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Guest]

Thanks a lot Sue.

Yes, form regions are treated much like legacy custom forms. You'll probably want to hide your add-ins regions. Help topic HV10205414, "How to: Prevent a Replacement Form Region from Being Used to Create a New Item or from Being Modified in the Forms Designer," explains how to do this with the <hidden> element in the manifest:

The following example disables a replacement form region from being used to create a new item or from being modified in the Forms Designer:

<hidden>false</hidden>

FYI, there is a newsgroup specifically for Outlook forms issues "down the hall" at microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms or, via web interface, at http://www.microsoft.com/office/com...spx?dg=microsoft.public.outlook.program_forms

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers