Custom Forms in Outlook

[Jim]

I want to create a new custom form for use within my C# outlook add-in.
Do I need to create the form myself in Outlook and then somehow
distribute with my add-in?
How do I go about this process?
Thanks so much

 

[Jim]

Also how do I get items to use this form.
I really want to create a new folder in outlook and have items in this
folder use the new messageclass and new inspector form.
Thanks

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Create the new form with Outlook's form designer, then include code in your project to publish the form using the FormDescription.PublishForm method. (See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/distributeforms.htm)

To make a form the default for a folder, use CDO 1.21 (not officially supported in .NET) or Redemption to set the folder's PR_DEF_POST_MSGCLASS (0x36E5001E) and PR_DEF_POST_DISPLAYNAME (0x36E6001E) properties. If you're not familiar with MAPI property tags, see http://www.cdolive.com/cdo10.htm

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

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

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

See the information at http://www.outlookcode.com/d/forms.htm

 

[Jim]

Thanks Ken, so as I understand it. I can design a form in Outlook, then
distribute that with my addin. Then anytime I add a new item I can use
that form and publish it. So this will create a new messageclass which I
could assign to an object.What if upon starting my add-in I want to
create a new folder and have this folder use my form and also have the
default form be the form I designed. Also do the messageclasses have to
extend from existing. So do I have to have IPM.Contact.MyForm or can I
have IPM.MyForm ?
Thanks so much.

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

You can only add a completely new message class using Extended MAPI and C++
or Delphi, not a task I'd even want to consider. So IPM.Contact.Whatever it
is.

See the information Sue also posted about publishing a form using code and
changing a folder default message class.