RFC: Is all this possible?

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Jeffrey

Hi there,

I am investigating the possibilities of modifying Outlook (2002) for our
company's specific needs. I am using Visual C#.NET to develop a COM
add-in. What I'd like to accomplish is add a new tabsheet to the 'New
Appointment' form ( Calendar -> New -> Appointment ), which will contain
two listboxes that get populated by manually connecting to an SQL database
( our application's one ) and retrieve a list of organizations and
contacts thereof that are linked to the appointment that's being created,
so my Exchange synchronization tool can link the new appointment to the
right organization/contact in our software.

This means there's two things that need to be done:

- design a tabsheet and somehow add it to the right form (the one shown
when you click New Appointment)
- use a System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection to populate the listboxes

Is this at all possible? Will Outlook allow me to use my own SQL
connectivity to retrieve data? Can I just add a tabsheet to an existing
form or will I have to create my own custom form from scratch (I've read
here that's possible, but I'm trying to avoid it, as it's only one tab I
need added.) ?

If anyone has useful information on these subjects, please let me know.
Thanks in advance.

Regards,
Jeffrey
 
The addition of the list boxes is not with C# programming but with
customization of the Outlook appointment form. Your COM add-in could fill
the list boxes when the Inspectors.NewInspector event fires and the
resulting Inspector displays an item using your form.
 
The addition of the list boxes is not with C# programming but with
customization of the Outlook appointment form.Your COM add-in could fill
the list boxes when the Inspectors.NewInspector event fires and the
resulting Inspector displays an item using your form.
Click to expand...

I think you misread the question. Of course it doesn't have to do with the
language it's being developed in. The problem is whether I can add a new
tabsheet to an existing form ( the 'new appointment' inspector form ) or
if I have to create my custom one from scratch and replace the original
one with it. I have found out you can add buttons and such, but nothing
about tabsheets. I have already kind of decided a button will do, however,
and launch a new form when the button is clicked.

The Inspectors.NewInspector event is probably gonna help me a lot. Thanks
for that one. The only thing I need to find out now is whether the new
Inspector is a mail or appointment inspector, because it only needs to be
added to the latter.

Regards,
Jeffrey
 
The Inspectors.NewInspector event is probably gonna help me a lot.
Thanks for that one. The only thing I need to find out now is whether
the new Inspector is a mail or appointment inspector, because it only
needs to be added to the latter.
Click to expand...

which was answered by you in another thread, Google told me. Thanks.

Regards,
Jeffrey
 
You can modify only the existing custom pages, P.2 - P.6, in an appointment
form. You cannot insert other pages besides those or modify any of the other
pages.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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