Outlook addin formregion as a drop down

[Sanaulah]

Hi,

I am developing an addin for Outlook in C#,

I have created a form region as a "Separate" FormRegionType, I want it to
show up as an action with a drop down.

can anyone please help me with this ?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

I'm not sure what you're trying to accomplish. A separate form region
displays as a separate "page" in the Inspector window. It can contain one or
more drop-down lists, but it is not itself a drop-down.

 

[Sanaulah]

Hi,

How can i make form region to have a drop down list ? thats what i am trying
to do, because i want the user to be able to choose from drop down on which
form region to redirect.

so, how can i make the formregion to have a drop down ? is there any
property from where i can set it up ? or can i do it by C# code ?

thanks

 

[Sanaulah]

Hi,

just to explain my case a bit,

actually i want my form region to show up in main contact ribbon of Outlook,
when i click the button on main ribbon , it shows the form region (thats how
it is behaving right now which is alright) and the lower bottom of the button
is a drop down, showing some option (actions to perform).

How can i achieve this in C# ? or by using visual studip IDE ?

cheers

 

[Sanaulah]

it is a separate form region, should show button on main contact ribbon. *

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

There's no way to make the region's button on the ribbon do that. Maybe you
don't understand that a form region is a separate page in the Inspector
window. The UI for the region itself is built on the region's surface, not in
the ribbon, which just provides a way to display the region. If you want
other functionality in the ribbon, that would be done independent of the form
region.

You can, of course, put a drop-down control on the region surface. Details
depend on whether you're building your region with an .ofs file or totally in
VS.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

 

[Sanaulah]

Alright I understand it now,

Is it possible to make a custom ribbon group in the main outlook ribbon to
contain buttons of one or more custom form regions (the default one, the way
it displays it).

thanks for your response.

Cheers