I'd like to display custom properties in the reading frame, but use the
standard Ol2003 form when the user edits the contact. Is this possible?
Also, can custom item properties (fields) exist for an item, and display
only in the custom form, not in the standard OL contact form?

I wrote an excel workbook project with vsto 2003 : it works fine on my
dev pc but not on end-user pc with office basic (it works fine with
Office Pro)
Thanks for any answer

From ASP.NET, I would like to create a new word document.  Once created, this document can be saved on the server.  
Using Windows forms, my tests were successful.  But, my ASP.NET attempts are failing with System.UnauthorizedAccessException and NullReference exceptions.  
To try ...

I'm trying to override the menu Paste item using VSTO 2005 but I'm having
problems. It seems that if i click the menu item(Edit\Paste or right click
paste) my event code works but if i use the shortcut keys(CTRL-V) my event
code does not fire.

Say I develop a new tool using VSTO (like the Statusbar example, plus some
other features).  How do I deploy that to my 100 users in an unobtrusive
way?
We have SMS so, would I use VS2005 to create an installer/msi that can be

Is anyone aware of any sample interacting with Outlook using the new VSTO
release, but not as a plug-in?  In other words, a stand-alone application
that instantiates the Outlook.Application object and is able to perform
actions, respond to events, etc.?  Is this even possible?

Just trying one of the walkthroughs and can run from my local machine
just fine, but not when deploy to network share. I set Full Trust via
the msc tool. I tried mapping the drive rather than use UNC. Using
caspol -rsg I see:

Hy,
I must  verify that the current folder is the contact folder. I use this
following codes:
this.ActiveExplorer().CurrentFolder.DefaultMessageClass == "IPM.Contact"

I have an application that helps a user create a Word document.
After that document is created I would like specific code (C#) to run
whenever that document is opened (like I can do with VBA today).
I've heard that you can associate a .NET assembly with a Word document (via

greetings all,
Using the VSTO beta 2 and a word template project..
I would like to create a CommandBar  and a CommandBarPopup with a bunch
of CommandBarButton underneath..

Is it possible to add a new group to the left navigation bar in Outlook (Like
Mail, Calendar, Tasks, etc)?  If so, how would I do this with an Outlook add
in using VSTO?
Also, is there any Outlook API documentation online?

Good day all,
Is there any reason why you couldn't run an application in production with
the development build? I understand the prod build would remove debugging
symbols, but would there be any other reasons?

I'm unable to create an Outlook Add-in project with Visual Studio 2005 Beta
2.  I have installed the Outlook VSTO add-in support and Outlook 2003 with
SP1, however I get the following error when I try to create the project:
"Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 SPI or newer is not ...

I would like to have a .NET assembly (exe) run when a Word document
executes.
I have read that in VSTO 2005 Beta2 there is a ServerDocument object that
can be used to read/write xml into Word documents.  Supposedly this xml is

How can I insert formated RTF text into a bookmark, in a Word 2003 document,
from a Visual Basic .NET 2003 windows application?
Thanks in advance,
AGil