addin tab

[Roy]

My COM addin is accessed via a toolbar button, and it works with
Outlook
2002/2003. It's active in Outlook 2007 Beta 2, but I can't find it so
that I
can use it. The following thread mentions the Outlook 2007 "addins
tab".
Where is the addins tab in Outlook 2007? -Thanks!

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...dd-in"+toolbar&rnum=10&hl=en#eaa2e33605e7bac3

 

[Dmitry Streblechenko]

Do you add a button to an explorer or an inspector toolbar?

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

Tools, Trust Center, select COM addins in the drop-down at the bottom of
that page and click Go. That opens the COM addins dialog.

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

Or do you mean the Addins tab in Inspectors? Explorer toolbars are the same
as before, Inspector toolbars are under the Addins tab but you have to open
an item to see an Inspector and that tab.

 

[Guest]

I have to admit. I'm not sure. With OL2003, I see the toolbar button when
I'm viewing my Inbox, and I see the toolbar button on an open item.

 

[Dmitry Streblechenko]

Ok, so it is both an explorer and an inspector. You aare supposed to see
your button on the Addins taab when you open an item (in an inspector).
When you step through your code, do you get any errors at all?

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

 

[Guest]

After looking at the code and debugging with OL2003, it appears that we are
adding a button to both explorer and inspector toolbars.

 

[Guest]

I've discovered managing add-ins with the Trust Center, but that's now what
I'm talking about. I'm referring to the explorer and inspectors. I don't
see the addins tab when I open any item, mail, calendar, contact, task,
etc...none of the ribbons display an addin tab.

 

[Guest]

I'm not seeing any errors in our logs. I'm not seeing any exceptions in the
debugger output window. When I open an item, the new inspector event doesn't
appear to be firing...looks like something in the code might be failing
upstream. I'll backtrack and see if I can find a point of failure.

 

[Guest]

Do you think we might be running up against a backwards compatibility issue?
Were building the com add-in against MSOUTL.OLB.

 

[Dmitry Streblechenko]

I am not aware of any compatibilty issues when it comes to the
Inspectors.NewInspector event.
How and when do you add buttons to the explorer?

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

 

[Guest]

I found the problem...the add-in is disallowing itself to load if the Outlook
version is > 11. Once I tweaked that (and added an error message for the
next person who comes along and has to maintain the code) the button appears
in the explorer window and in the add-in tab of inspector windows, just like
you read about in Ken's post. Thanks for the help guys.