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pithhelmet
pithhelmet

Reputation: 2282

Create an outlook add-in global level

I am attempting to venture down the Outlook Add-In road.

Basically - i need to add a few grouped buttons in the ribbon bar. Each button will perform a web service call with the credentials (email address) of the user.

Question : Is there a way to create a add-in that is at the Outlook level (ribbon level), not in the email (ribbon) level?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 44

Answers (1)

Eugene Astafiev
Eugene Astafiev

Reputation: 49395

You need to develop a VSTO based add-in for Outlook where you can create a custom ribbon UI. See Walkthrough: Create your first VSTO Add-in for Outlook to get started quickly.

There are two ways for creating a custom UI in VSTO add-ins:

  1. Walkthrough: Create a custom tab by using the Ribbon Designer
  2. Walkthrough: Create a custom tab by using Ribbon XML

Web Add-ins work in the context of an item and also allows creating ribbon buttons, but very limited if we compare to VSTO add-ins, see Build your first Outlook add-in to get started quickly.

Upvotes: 1

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