Activex for outllook compattible with outlook 2000 onwards

[Guest]

Hai,
I have created an activex that will be added as a plugin for outlook 2003,
I want that activex to be compatible with outlook 2000 onwards to 2005,
What requirements to be met.

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

Do you mean Outlook 2007? There is no Outlook 2005.

You need to compile on a machine that has the oldest version of Outlook you
want to support. You can only use early binding on properties, methods and
events that are present in Outlook 2000. If you need to customize the UI for
any Inspectors then you need to use the Ribbon interface for that in Outlook
2007 so compatibility is broken in that way.

There are many other things to consider, such as the language platform you
plan to use which you don't mention so can't be commented on.

 

[Guest]

Hai,
i am not saying outlook 2005,it should be compattible with higher verstions
also for outlookk 2000,2001,2002,but i created with outlook 2003,i used
outlook com component 11.0,but for 2002 its 10.0,for 2001 its 9.0,so how can
make my program to work with other versions of outlook

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

To repeat:

You need to compile on a machine that has the oldest version of Outlook you
want to support. You can only use early binding on properties, methods and
events that are present in Outlook 2000. If you need to customize the UI for
any Inspectors then you need to use the Ribbon interface for that in Outlook
2007 so compatibility is broken in that way.

There are many other things to consider, such as the language platform you
plan to use which you don't mention so can't be commented on.