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Scott Baker
Scott Baker

Reputation: 10443

Accessing Outlook's Status Bar from a VSTO Add-In

I have my VSTO Add-In functioning as desired, thanks to many here on SO. It turns out, visual feedback would be a good thing - how can I customize the Outlook status bar from my Add-In to show messages/icons/whatever?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1577

Answers (1)

Eugene Astafiev
Eugene Astafiev

Reputation: 49397

The Outlook object model doesn't provide any property or method for customizing the status bar. Instead, you may consider adding your own form. Microsoft calls such foms as adjacent. See Adjacent Windows In Outlook for more information. Also you may find a sample project in C++ which illustrates the required steps to get it working in Outlook - Creating Adjacent Windows In Outlook.

Finally, you may find Advanced Outlook view and form regions helpful. There is no need to subclass Outlook windows in that case. All is done by Add-in Express for you.

Upvotes: 2

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