VSTO Outlook Add-in Sample

While answering some posts in the NG's, I found one by Jay Harlow, Outlook MVP. He mentioned  how pleased he was with our add-in support in VSTO 2005. That is pure goodness.

Anyway,  in our exchange, he mentioned that he has two good VSTO Outlook samples on  his Web site. I have looked at them both, and they are quite good. I recommend them, and here is the link:

https://www.tsbradley.net/Samples/default.aspx

One of the samples exports Outlook folders or items to XML. To make the application more professional, he uses a BackgroundWorker so that the export process can occur asynchronously, and he punches up a progress dialog box to let the user know how things are going. The second sample creates property pages on some of the built-in Outlook dialogs (Tools | Options, and Folder | Properties).

Check 'em out.

Rock Thought for the Day: I recently heard on the radio about ringtones and how some bands are actually releasing their songs only as ringtones, because they can actually move more units via ringtones than if they release the album through the traditional industry channel. Here's a link to a news item: https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3143651.stm.

Rock On