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For Outlook 2013 & 2016 developers
What's new for Outlook 2013 developers provides a top-level view of the additions and enhancements for developers in Microsoft Outlook 2013, including mail apps, third party weather data services for the Weather Bar, and inline response. The document also describes changes to the Outlook Social Connector, Office Mobile Service, support for Outlook 2013 Preview coexisting with a previous version of Outlook, and new performance criteria for add-ins.
Mail apps for Outlook 2013 and OWA contains conceptual information specific to building a mail app for Outlook 2013 and Outlook Web App for Exchange 2013.
Outlook Social Connector 2013 Provider Reference
Office 2010 Developer Training Course
101 Samples for Office 2010 Development
New VSTO Features Help You Customize Word And Outlook (Shows how do custom button images)
Content at Slipstick.com
| VBA Basics | Developer Resources |
|---|---|
| How to use the VBA Editor | Developer Resources |
| Work with open item or selected item | Developer Tools |
| Working with VBA and non-default Folders | |
| Backup and save your Outlook VBA macros | More Code Samples / Dev Help |
| Extracting text in message bodies | Outlook-tips.net Samples |
| Use RegEx to extract text from an email | VBOffice.net samples |
| Paste clipboard contents | |
| VBA UserForm ComboBox Sample | SlovakTech.com |
| Outlook MVP David Lee | |
| Custom Forms | MSDN Outlook Dev Forum |
| Designing Microsoft Outlook Forms | |
| Set a custom form as default | "Hire an Outlook developer" |
Articles with VBA code samples
Listed below are the most recently published (or updated) articles in our Developer section. A list articles in the Outlook Developer section is in the Outlook Developer Index. A list of all Slipstick.com articles containing VBA code samples can be found in the VBA Samples Index.
Signing Outlook Macros using SelfCert.exe
Note: You should only use a self-signed certificate for personal use. To increase your level of security and eliminate annoying dialogs, you should only used signed macros with Microsoft Outlook (or other Office applications). To make it easier for users who write macros for their own use, Microsoft provides an application you can use to create
How to use VBA code samples in Outlook
So you found some code on the Internet that you think might do what you need done. But how do you use it? First you need to open the VBA Editor by pressing Alt+F11. Expand Microsoft Outlook Objects Double click on ThisOutlookSession to open it in the editing pane on the right side. Paste (or
Insert Emoji using VBA
The user wanted to know how to insert an emoji using VBA: Is there a way to create a VBA code to paste an emoji. For example, Unicode 128123? :ghost: I want to insert the text where ever my cursor currently is. Sure, you can do that using VBA. You'll need to use the Word
Add recurring travel appointments to recurring appointments
Add travel appointments before and after recurring appointments as recurring appointments. This code sample was written by Rory. I figured out how to create recurring appointments that match the recurrence pattern of my master appointment. Sub AddTravelToMeeting() Dim olItem As AppointmentItem, olItems As Outlook.Items Dim strTravelOut As String Dim strTravelBack As String Dim iTravelMinutesOut As
Using VBScript in Outlook Development
The code behind Microsoft Outlook forms is always written with the Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Engine, better known as VBScript, a small portable language, which is also used in web pages and standalone scripts. VBScript does not support the built-in Outlook constants, such as olFolderContact. Only the constants built into VBScript, such as vbYes, are supported. For
Change Insight's Focus Time Appointments
Add categories and change to Tentative the Focus Time appointments created by the Insights feature of Office 365 Exchange Online.
Enable Automatic Replies (OOF) using a macro
How to use a macro to set up an Automatic reply (out of office reply) in Outlook on Windows desktop.
Clean up the Junk Email folder
How to use Rules or a macro to clear spam from Outlook's Junk Email folder.
Close Outlook using PowerShell
For best results, you should close Outlook before running backup software. $isOutlookOpen = Get-Process outlook* if($isOutlookOpen = $null){ # Outlook is already closed run code here: } else { $isOutlookOpen = Get-Process outlook* # while loop makes sure all outlook windows are closed before moving on to other code: while($isOutlookOpen -ne $null){ Get-Process outlook* |
Use VBA to Scan to Email
How to scan a document or image and attach or embed into an Outlook email using VBA and the Windows Image Acquisition Library (WIA).
Delete folders using a macro or PowerShell
Use an Outlook macro or PowerShell script to bulk delete folders from Outlook.
Use PowerShell to Bulk Change Contacts
How to use PowerShell to bulk change Outlook Contact fields, including the File As and Email display name fields.