Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators

Microsoft Outlook is the most widely used e-mail program and offers the most programmability. Sue Mosher introduces key concepts for programming Outlook using Visual Basic for Applications, custom Outlook forms, and external scripts, without the need for additional development tools.

For those who manage Outlook installations, it demonstrates how to use new features in the Outlook 2007 programming model such as building scripts that can create rules and views and manage categories. Power users will discover how to enhance Outlook with custom features, such as the ability to process incoming mail and extract key information. Aimed at the non-professional programmer, it also provides a quick guide to Outlook programming basics for pro developers who want to dive into Outlook integration.

1: What you can do with Outlook?

PART I: Basic Outlook VBA Design 2: The VBA Design Environment 3: Building Your First VBA Form

PART II: Basic Outlook Form Design 4: Introducing Outlook Forms 5: Introducing Form Regions 6: Extending Form Design with Fields and Controls

PART III: Writing VBA and VBScript Code 7: Code Basics 8: Code Grammar 101 9: Handling Errors, Testing and Debugging

PART IV: Fundamental Outlook Coding Techniques 10: Outlook Programming Basics 11: Responding to Outlook Events in VBA 12: Responding to Events in Outlook Forms 13: Working with Stores, Explorers, and Folders 14: Working with Inspectors, Items, and Item Properties 15: Working with Recipients and Address Lists 16: More Item Techniques 17: Working with Attachments

PART V: Extended Outlook Form Design 18: More Control Techniques 19: Common Outlook Form Techniques 20: Deploying and Managing Outlook Forms 21: Building Form-based Workflows 22: Working with Files and Other Objects 23: Common Outlook Administrator Scripting Tasks 24: Menus, Toolbars, and the Navigation Pane 25: Generating Reports on Outlook Data 26: Working with Exchange and Databases

Appendix A: Other Resources Appendix B: Concepts for Professional Developers Appendix C: Key Procedures You Can Reuse