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CLI309. Turning Outlook Into A Front –End For Third Party Systems. Ty Anderson Partner Cogent Company. Agenda. Why Outlook as a Front-End Anatomy of an Outlook Front-End Demo. Why Use Outlook As A Front-End?. Disconnected!!! Must use different systems to complete work.
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CLI309 Turning Outlook Into A Front –End For Third Party Systems Ty Anderson Partner Cogent Company
Agenda • Why Outlook as a Front-End • Anatomy of an Outlook Front-End • Demo
Why Use Outlook As A Front-End? Disconnected!!! Must use different systems to complete work
Anatomy Of An Outlook Front-End VSTO Provides the Add-In Framework Full Support of the .NET Framework Building Outlook Add-Ins Follows the Windows Forms Model Sales System Outlook Form Custom Ribbon Sales Data Default Form Fields Task Pane Accounting System API Acct Data Custom Form Region
demo #1 Custom Task Panes andTask Pane Management
demo #2 Building Form Regions
demo #3 Integrating With ACustom Ribbon
demo #4 Offline Scenarios
Additional Resources • Office Business Applications Developer Portal • http://msdn2.microsoft.com/office/aa905528.aspx • VSTO on MSDN • http://msdn2.microsoft.com/office/aa905533.aspx • VSTO Team Blog • http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto2/default.aspx • My Blog • http://www.officedeveloper.net
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